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England's Brexit debate 'xenophobic'

Robin McAlpine, Director of the Common Weal think tank, says the politics of the Brexit debate in England are 鈥渞ight-wing, xenophobic, anti-European鈥.

He says the more affluent south is feeling 鈥渃hallenged by multi-culturalism鈥 while northern England is challenged by the 鈥渨eak economics of Britain鈥.

He told 大象传媒 Debate Night this has not been happening in Scotland, Wales or Northern-Ireland.

Common Weal was founded by Mr McAlpine in 2013 to campaign for social and economic equality in Scotland.

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