This is a bizarre explanation why UK voted for Brexit – comedic responses

Why the UK voted for Brexit, is a question that a lot of people ask themselves on a daily basis.

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It comes as the number of people thinking it was wrong for Britain to vote to leave the EU has increased substantially since mid-2021, with 53% of people saying it was wrong to back Brexit as of November 2022 – January 2023, compared to 34% who still think it was the right decision, reported YouGov in Feb 2023.

Why UK voted for Brexit

So why did the UK vote to leave the EU?

Well, this theory might make you laugh, literally.

In the book British Humour and the Second World War: Keep Smiling Through, University of Birmingham historian, Professor Gavin Schaffer, suggests that classic sitcoms such as ‘Allo, ‘Allo!, Dad’s Army and Fawlty Towers reveal political attitudes that have permeated over time.

Gavin pinpoints British people’s ambivalence towards Europe and their wish to be different.

Professor Schaffer said: “Many Britons took ‘Allo ‘Allo to their hearts as it presented a light-hearted reflection of European differences, that ultimately spoke to the core differences between Britain and her European neighbours.

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Professor Schaffer also said: “Many Britons took ‘Allo ‘Allo to their hearts as it presented a light-hearted reflection of European differences, that ultimately spoke to the core differences between Britain and her European neighbours.

“The show also tells us something about how British attitudes to Europe were changing and not changing in the late 80 and early 90s, as Britain edged closer to her European neighbours. Despite closer bonds, British voices of Euroscepticism never strayed too far from suspicions rooted in the Second World War.”

“What lurks in the shadows is a nation deeply ill at ease with its European neighbours and itself. Listening very carefully to ‘Allo ‘Allo reveals a story of a nation that remains unready for further European integration.”

Reactions

1.

Personally speaking, it woz Fawlty Towers wot made me do it. https://t.co/f9wzWUlIK7

— Barrister's Horse (@BarristersHorse) July 4, 2023

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All the ‘fawlt’ of Andrew Sachs 😉

— The ‘Few’ (@TomSyvret) July 4, 2023

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The Good Life tipped me over the edge. pic.twitter.com/Tjrx4UjCBQ

— My Name Is Earl (@cannock666) July 4, 2023

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For me, it was Little Britain! https://t.co/UJfWG1zqH5

— Joe Rich (@joerichlaw) July 4, 2023

5.

To the Manor Born taught me all I needed to know. pic.twitter.com/mOZKRNdcoN

— D🎗️ (@MissDRT) July 4, 2023

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😂😂
Yep. Allo Allo, Hi-de-Hi & To the Manor Born made me fly from Bulgaria at the time to my house in London and made me vote Bwwexit.

— PeterExpat.🇬🇧 (@GhostHexpat) July 4, 2023

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Auf Wiedersehen, Pet did it for me.

— roger fallon (@FallonRogeri) July 4, 2023

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Goon Show; That was the Week, That Was; Monty Python; The Likely Lads; Liver Birds; Dad's Army; Two Ronnies; Porridge; Open All Hours, & Only Fools and Horses all did it for me. I realised we had a sense of humour and they didn't so I thought, feck 'em if they can't take a joke!

— Pete Seymour Bailey (@Peter_S_Bailey) July 4, 2023

9.

Citizen Smith. Especially now Robert Lindsay is a 'Woe is me ' Remain whinger. Anyway, 'Power to the People!'

— Lady Janny Woman (@JannyWoman) July 5, 2023

If you know, you know…

It was a subliminal message in The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies

— Ian Hall (@hoteldweller) July 4, 2023

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