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Issues that had been identified as important by voters who were likely to vote remain included the impact on Britain's economy (40%), the number of immigrants coming into Britain (15%), Britain's ability to trade with countries in the European Union (12%), the impact on British jobs (11%), the impact on the rights of British workers (10% ...
Bateman is a frequent critic of Brexit, arguing that "Brexit leaves Britain naked", [15] and that leaving the EU would hurt low-income families, [16] damage British scientific research, [17] would reduce trade and investment, and would place freedom for the nation state ahead of freedom for the individual. [18]
She was concerned that white supremacists influenced the Brexit vote. [3] In 2017 Emejulu joined the University of Warwick as a professor of sociology. [4] She is part of an Open Society Foundation project called Women of Colour Resist. The project looks to map the processes that women of colour use for activism. [5]
In addition to this, the influence of these political bots can be argued to have had a determining impact on the referendum, with Howard & Kollanyi (2016) finding that 7/10 of the most active accounts regarding Brexit were likely to be bots with ties to the VoteLeave campaign and the UKIP party.
[103] [104] According to John Armour, Professor of Law and Finance at Oxford University, "a 'soft' Brexit, whereby the UK leaves the EU but remains in the single market, would be a lower-risk option for the British financial industry than other Brexit options, because it would enable financial services firms to continue to rely on regulatory ...
Cameron won reelection in 2015 in part by promising a referendum on the EU, which he expected would defeat Brexit. [citation needed] The 'Leave' pro-Brexit campaign focused strongly on sovereignty and the need to control migration, whereas the 'Remain' campaign focused on the negative economic impacts of leaving the EU. [83]
On 16 July 2018 the former Education Secretary Justine Greening noted the lack of a political consensus behind the Chequers proposal and said that, due to a 'stalemate' in the House of Commons, the issue of Brexit should be referred back to the electorate. She proposed a referendum with three options: to leave the EU on such terms as might be ...
Women's education has cognitive benefits for women as well. [13] Improved cognitive abilities increase the quality of life for women [ 12 ] and also lead to other benefits. One example of this is the fact that educated women are better able to make decisions related to health, both for themselves and their children. [ 13 ]