The Breget Vote Tapped Into the Resentment Towards London

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Bregsett was dressed up as a campaign for the left behind british periphery to take back control, not from brussels, but from london. In many ways, the breget vote tapped into the resentment towards london felt in much of the rest of the country. I think that acencism is not short supply in british politic i'm sure it's not inn the us. That's why you should support the show at slash the dig with daniel denver and patrion dot com on Thursday night at 10pm GMT.

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