WebsterMark wrote on 06/25/16 at 04:17:14:Here's another interesting point from different article. Some of this is inside British baseball so to speak and we miss the nuisances of it, but some of it is perfectly clear.
It's what I've seen in manufacturing facilities I go to for work. Line workers, traditionally Democratic voters, are sporting Trump stickers alongside their hated plant managers and engineers. Billionaire Trump whose daddy gave him a million dollar loan has somehow connected with a huge portion of Hilary's voting block.
More than 17 million voters opted for Leave yesterday, and yet to take their opponents at face value would be to conclude that this vast and diverse coalition of citizens was little more than a revanchist, hate-filled, antediluvian rump. It is certainly the case that the center-right opted overwhelmingly for exit. But it is notable that the election was won not on the playing fields of Eton or in the leafy gardens of England’s Home Counties, but in the industrial Northeast and the blue-collar Midlands. Indeed, as the Mirror and others have observed, Leave’s margin was provided not by a surfeit of conservatives, but by working-class social democrats who traditionally vote Labour but whose concerns are increasingly out of sync with the rest of their party. (This, incidentally, is another reason that Parliament could not get away with ignoring the result of the referendum: Because UKIP is nipping at Labour’s heels throughout the country — and because there is strong anti-EU sentiment among at least a third of Labour voters — the Labour party’s leadership knows that to sign onto any coup would be to sign its own electoral death warrant.)
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http://www.nationalreview.com/article/437082/brexit-uk-eu-referendum-vote-beg... Mark, I work at the biggest union employed company in the state....
The union itself, has lost the hold on its membership.
Members are telling stewards they do not want their union backing the same old candidates anymore.
They are looking at the waste of money in the union itself, as these jobs pay way more than their talent, need, and go to insiders only....
It has become a little more vocal, and demonstrative, as the company this week even had to circulate a company wide memo re: political activity at work, and even asked that you wear no attire with company logo's, etc, if you engage in these activities on your own time elsewhere too.
Lots of Trump supporters, not sure if its a majority or not, but its a game changer for sure.
NOTE: We had a major contract vote a few years ago.
It was very vocal and often heated. Our company has its own police force, so to speak, and they were called in many times.
The "pro" union view was defeated by the rank and file vote.
The union challenged their own rules, took on their own membership, and sorta proved democracy in their eyes only works when the results are what they want.....
It was ugly.
They didn't stage a sit in, but petulant behavior ensued, with threats, name calling, and forecast of doom.....
Gee, that sounds familiar, eh
PS: I sat it out because the vote really didn't effect me. I knew I would be retiring, and not held to this contact.
I let those who had a stake, decide....
I even caught chit from some when I told them I would not vote, either way, years of a working friendship abandoned instantly.
Like I said, it was ugly.
The mob mentality reminded me of the anger I saw in those who were "forced" into sobriety programs by loved ones, or the courts.....
They were so enraged by it, they could never see the "possibilities" that awaited them,
if they availed themselves, to these programs, freeing themselves from the bonds ( dependency ) that kept them in servitude....
It was so sad, but when you saw the "light go on" and they became happy and productive and ACCOUNTABLE to themselves, it was wonderful and made it all worth it!
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