Douglas Carswell claims daughter was asked to leave school over his pro-Brexit stance
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Summary
Former UKIP and Tory MP Douglas Carswell claims his eight-year-old daughter was asked to leave her school due to a backlash against his pro-Brexit stance. Writing in Anthony Seldon's book "The Brexit Effect," Carswell argues that while Leavers were dismissed as eccentrics before the 2016 referendum, they were later recast as "racist extremists or even Kremlin stooges" by the media. He describes the post-referendum acrimony as "nasty" and unprovoked, suggesting the real division erupted after the vote, not before.
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The real acrimony erupted afterward.
My eight-year-old daughter was asked to leave her school in a 'nasty' unprovoked backlash against those who led the campaign to leave the EU.
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