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Except few Leave voters would agree with his explanations of their vote or want him as their representative, I'd guess. So him talking about failure to listen is a bit funny.

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Sure, that's probably true. They don't need to listen to him, though; elites do. Then elites, through various mechanisms, need to a) communicate effectively to do those who are now disaffected and more importantly b) create conditions where bigotry (and other forms of exclusion) do not overtake good sense because of economic pressures / scarcity / perceived scarcity.

It certainly won't be overnight, but the sooner they start, the sooner we can start fixing things.

What if you and TFA are both wrong in that the opposite of bigotry and exclusion is completely open borders and that the latter is desirable? What if control over immigration policy is a legitimate thing to seek regardless of "perceived scarcity"? Or what if it's not legitimate but that's what the public genuinely wants? What if (much of) the root cause is in many other issues with European integration that many Europeans don't like even though you and TFA think integration is the cat's whiskers?

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