One of the reasons for the Leave vote was a rejection of the free movement of persons. But British politicians pretend they don’t know that it was the UK itself which, at the time of EU enlargement, chose not to activate the clause that would have allowed limits to be imposed upon the free movement of workers from the new member countries. Another reason, as correctly identified by Theresa May, was a yearning for protection: as she says, ‘the referendum was not just a vote to withdraw from the EU. […] It was about a sense – deep, profound and, let’s face it, often justified – that many people
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