I blame the media also. Here in Wales over the weekend the papers were showing front and center EXACTLY the EU money they stand to lose in the most starkest non bullshit terms.
THIS COVERAGE DID NOT HAPPEN LAST WEEK. WHY THE FUCK NOT.
Remain should have been more in your face all over the shop, with a simpler, clearer message. Leave has controlled an awful lot of the narrative from the start because they've appealed to people's emotions - largely fear and anger, which isn't about rationally listening to facts and figures. They also had the easier position - opposition to the status quo can say any old bullshit they like because they aren't the people with the power.
Although to be fair, the remain campaign have been saying 'we will be worse off' since the very beginning of the campaign. And no Leave voters bought it. I think if this article had been published last week, there would have been a resounding cry of 'rubbish, it'll be fine' from the Brexit people. People are only starting to believe it now it's happening. And we have been lied to by so many politicians over and over, that it's hardly surprising in a way that the Boys who Cried Wolf don't get the benefit of the doubt the one time they're actually being straight (ish) with people.
But yeah, that information was always there, it was just being shouted down by 'Make Britain Great Again' 'Sovereignty' and 'Immigrants Out' rhetoric. I'm Welsh, living in West Yorkshire (the North of England also big recipients of EU funding), voted remain, feeling sick. I mean if not even the murder of Jo Cox could make people think again in my area, I honestly don't see what an infographic about EU funding would have done :/
