i have thought it through but clearly haven't communicated it well.
I am saying that nationalism is a right wing characteristic. It is perfectly possible for a person, party or philosophy to include right wing characteristics while remaining overall left wing. I accept this could be wrong, but it's a legitemately held, considered view.
This is more by default than for positive reasons, as internationalism is a defining feature of the left. I consider myself an internationalist.
I would rather the uk with scotland remains in an EU which continues to expand.
It is also possible for people to be right wing and still not "bad" or "stupid". I don't intend it as an insult.
I do think that the inference that everybody who voted for brexit is a xenophobe is wrong. I know plenty intelligent inclusive types that voted leave for a variety of reasons. That's what prompted my initial post, which was admittedly deliberately provocative.
I think if some (by no means most) of our nats had been born english they would have been into the EDL.