The world is still reeling in
shock at the recent victories of Donald Trump as the President-elect of the
United States of America (USA) and the United Kingdom (UK) voting to leave the
European Union (EU) in what has been termed by the media as Brexit.
Despite what the political
pundits claim, I do not believe that it was necessarily a vote against the political establishments, but rather
to do with the uncontrolled immigration in both countries.
Supporters of Brexit and Trump
have been called all sorts of things, including being racists. One could argue
that some of them are considering the number of hate crimes reported after the
victories in both the US and the UK.
I believe these supporters are in
the minority. However, the majority feel their leaders have lost control over
their borders, despite their leaders declaring otherwise.
Sometimes our leaders are so far
removed from the man in the street that they do not really know the situation
on the ground of the country they have sworn to protect and make a better
place.
In both countries, the ordinary
citizens have been witnessing the changing population landscape of their
countries, due to a rise in immigration. Although it is not a problem for
people to move around and live wherever they wish to live, it should be done
the legal way and in a controlled manner. What has been happening in both
countries is the opposite. Immigration
is at an alarming high in the UK and there are a reported 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States.
Americans and British citizens
have every right to be angry. Tell me a man who would not defend his private
territory and then tell me a man who would not vote for a leader who promises
to defend that territory from what you can call ‘gradual takeover’ of their
motherland, especially with such worryingly high statistics.
The situation is exacerbated by
media reports that immigrants are being treated much better than the country’s
citizen and some are allegedly abusing the welfare system in the UK.
If it was my country where
immigration got out of control, I know for sure that if a leader was to appear
promising to do something about it, I would definitely vote for him or her. think
all their decisions are in agreement with the majority.
I am upset about both victories,
especially the outcome of the US elections, but it is democracy and the people
have spoken and we have to respect their wishes.
