A failure to understand the issues

Second only to that well worn observation "I'm not racist BUT" in ill-informed utterances, is the rhetorical "What have the EU done for us" from those desperately trying to justify Brexit. The link below is about Ebbw Vale in Wales, but there's lots of similar stories up and down the country.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...sh-votes-leave-ebbw-vale?CMP=share_btn_fb#_=_