Jamie Carragher blames Brexit for ‘divisive’ feeling in Britain

Never understood why people always vote for someone purely because that’s what people in my family/area have always done. Think for yourself!

Edit because people think I’m talking about the headline only:

He states in the article that “I will be supportive of anybody who leads the Labour Party because where I come from we vote Labour and that will always be the case,”

I’m not saying it’s wrong to vote for Labour or any other party, but to vote in a way purely because that’s what you’ve always done/been told to do is showing a lack of independent/critical thought.

So do l, although the Brexshiters were lied to (now proved) they should have had more sense.

Brexit is clearly populist garbage, but plenty of other countries have powerful socio-economic divides without having inflicted any thing like ‘Brexit’.

Those divisions started decades ago, and since the establish political class didnt offer any kind of solution, it’s no surprise that charlatans flocked to Brexit as an alternative.

Makes no sense to keep up the charade that Brexit is worth perpetuating, but getting rid of Brexit isnt going to be a silver bullet that curves ‘division’ either.

Nothing to do with the amount of people being let in and lack of integration?

I’ll always maintain that Brexit wasn’t something we should’ve been voting on. Too big and nuanced of a decision

Yeah he’s right, prior to Brexit I was deeply angry and cynnical at the UK for strong personal reasons but a faint unstated hope that we could do better.

Post Brexit I have a strong generalised hatred for everything British and a putrid hatred of the country and it’s entire institutions and particularly the elderly. I remember distinctly begin called a “Entitled liberal elite” for arguing for economic stability and against the racist harassment of one of my friends. By an elderly landlord neighbour who owned two homes, whereas I was on 24k a year.

post 2023 I have such anger and hatred for this place I’m aware I literally need therapy, it’s hard for me to veil it, Conservatives were ultimately successful in convincing me that “there is no such thing as society” which has altered my political outlook.

Point is it drove a schism but I’m unsure if it would be enough to rejoin at this point to mend the schism the wound that was ripped open has only been made deeper.

What about all of the other countries going through the same problems and feeling divisive? Brexit is just a deflection.

Another Multi millionaire Footballer talking bollocks, Stick to Football Jamie, you do actually know about that

I blame social media personally. Fake headlines designed to stir up hatred and division, algorithms that push the same narrative

Can anyone really take this disgusting creature seriously? That outrageous foul spitting incident should have been enough to consign him to the shadows.

Wasn’t it the divisive attitude that tipped Britain into Brexit?

This is a non argument because clearly the country was already divided before brexit? Otherwise the vote wouldnt have been so tight.

Also, a similar thing is happening in so many countries. All of europe is becoming more divided, so is America, and even countries like Japan.
If EU countries are like this, why is brexit to blame?

The thing that literally split families, made them stop talking to each other?

Divisive?

Controversial take.

On the positive end, though, great win for wealthy people and Russia.