[blfr]

Yeah, what I am saying is that these votes, regardless of their formal content, are usually an expression of general anti-immigrant sentiment.

Like voting for AfD. I doubt many people look at this organization and its leaders to conclude that "ah, here is the talent I would love to have running my country." They're merely the only available option against. Same with brexit.

[breakyerself]

Similar to voting for brexit if they ever get what they're voting for they'll come to regret it.

[kjksf]

UK pays for free housing of 110 thousand immigrants. And that's just one of the many well fare benefits.

But when they face deficit, they raise taxes instead of, crazy idea, not spending billions of money taken from UK citizens to provide free housing and food for foreigners.

UK citizens are rightfully pissed off that their life is getting worse.

That's not the social contract and being pissed off about that is not racism. It's self preservation.

The same happens in Spain, Germany, France, Italy.

That's your big mystery of why AfD or Reform UK are popular: because the parties currently in power are flat out refusing to implement clear desires of their voters.

That's how democracy is supposed to work: AfD and Reform UK and Le Pen are gaining because they are promising to implement the desires of citizens of German, UK or France.

[ForHackernews]

> The same happens in Spain, Germany, France, Italy.

Spain is a bad example to reach for here, they are on track to regularize a huge chunk of unauthorized migrants: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62n6gw1dp9o