If only we had educated the brexiteers a tiny weeny bit more

[Cirrus]

Brexit caused by low levels of education, study finds | The Independent

[vetran]

Brexit caused by low levels of education, study finds | The Independent

[GJABS]

I can believe it. The more people subjected to the absurd leftie liberal indoctrination fostered by most places of higher education these days would be enough to turn most of them into soft-minded EU surrender monkeys.

[xoggoth]

Lefty drivel.

It is probably accurate in a purely technical sense because a higher percentage of younger people voted to remain and they are "educated" in the sense that about five times as many are in higher education than in 1970 when only the best went to university.

However, unless perhaps it is in a relevant subject like history or economics, how does education give them any more competence to judge the issues? A degree in media studies helps to make a sound judgement on EU membership in what way exactly?

Older voters are more educated in ways that matters, they have lived through decades and seen these wonderful unions that ignore realities of human nature and human society, like the Soviet Union or Yugoslavia, fail over and over again.

[darmstadt]

Lefty drivel.

It is probably accurate in a purely technical sense because a higher percentage of younger people voted to remain and they are "educated" in the sense that about five times as many are in higher education than in 1970 when only the best went to university.

However, unless perhaps it is in a relevant subject like history or economics, how does education give them any more competence to judge the issues? A degree in media studies helps to make a sound judgement on EU membership in what way exactly?

Older voters are more educated in ways that matters, they have lived through decades and seen these wonderful unions that ignore realities of human nature and human society, like the Soviet Union or Yugoslavia, fail over and over again.

Pretty much bollocks really. Everyone that I know voted to stay in and most of those are over 50 although I do know a few youngsters and those that voted stay were quite well educated and travelled whereas those that voted to leave were pretty much the opposite (and looking at the UK popular press it seems that the same goes for the over 50's) I think you'll find that those older people who voted leave, probably had no idea about what was happening in the USSR and Yugoslavia

[Bee]

I have noticed that there are a lot of tabloids or newspapers with tendentious or false news that people easily believe.

[shaunbhoy]

I think you'll find that those older people who voted leave, probably had no idea about what was happening in the USSR and Yugoslavia

And I think you will find that you are, as usual, making ridiculously sweeping generalisations.

But we would expect little else, as you remain an air-headed blinkered one-dimensional buffoon!!

[xoggoth]

Everyone that I know voted to stay in and most of those are over 50 although I do know a few youngsters and those that voted stay were quite well educated and travelled whereas those that voted to leave were pretty much the opposite

There is a lack of detail in the article, I can't find any reference on Google to the original source, but there is no indication that education was compared on an age-related basis, young educated vs young uneducated etc. so the age and education cannot be entirely separated.

I would not rule out any link between education and views but that is probably more about self interest. The majority within the very large increase in EU migrants from the latest accession countries are of low skill level and it is therefore the jobs of those at the bottom of our own society who are threatened. The more educated can get better jobs in the UK and also have more opportunity to do so in richer EU countries. They are probably more in favour of the EU only because it is of more benefit to themselves.

Dig deep enough and human selfishness underlies most trends.

[BrilloPad]

SEnd all Brexiters to the gas chambers.

Sieg heil to the Remoaner Oberführer. How long until the Remoaners annexe Poland?

[shaunbhoy]

Dig deep enough and human selfishness underlies most trends.

Ain't THAT the truth, and underlined by the obsessive wailing of most of our expats to the fact that Brexit might just make their cushy lifestyles a little harder to maintain.
Narrow self-interest at work.