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04th Jul 2016

Everyone is angry watching the BBC’s ‘Why We Voted Leave’ Panorama programme

Anger everywhere...

Ben Kenyon

It was always going to cause some controversy.

But it seems like everyone of all political stripes is pissed off after watching the BBC’s ‘Why We Voted Leave’ programme on Panorama.

In just 30 minutes the news piece managed to anger viewers across the spectrum as Adrian Chiles was sent to investigate why so many people voted Brexit in his native West Midlands.

With Brexit voters branded ‘idiots’ by some and certain parts of the media claiming many EU Referendum voters were suffering from post vote regret or ‘Regrexit’, Chiles went to hear from real people.

You can watch the episode here on BBC iplayer, but even before the show had kicked off people were kicking off that Chiles was fronting it…

https://twitter.com/NattyDowning/status/750042423733186561

Except for Steve Tanner, that is…

People were criticising how the BBC made the Panorama programme…

https://twitter.com/Misterc83/status/750036893459439618

https://twitter.com/Erins91/status/750041837545656320

https://twitter.com/TheBondBabes/status/750041639620608000

https://twitter.com/hodgkissdesign/status/750041536340103168

https://twitter.com/LoonyCycle/status/750041047011565568

This  guy did made a very good point about the Remain campaign…

But some watching the half-hour programme were quick to drop the ‘R’ word on Twitter…

https://twitter.com/froggylllc/status/750041749914021888

https://twitter.com/Gary_Roylance/status/750040580781211649

https://twitter.com/JimmyMoran87/status/750040569519439872

https://twitter.com/_miadrake/status/750041004800151552

Many of the arguments talked about EU immigrants taking up jobs, using services, overcrowding schools and hospital waiting lists.

But many were quick to point out this could be more a result of the austerity cut backs spreading services thinner rather than the fault of the EU or migrants from the continent…

https://twitter.com/Charlotteee94/status/750040859970793472

https://twitter.com/rattlebag/status/750041585392447488

https://twitter.com/mwgnichols/status/750038328146325504

https://twitter.com/barefootmower/status/750041753709899776

There were some people who really enjoyed the programme though…

https://twitter.com/TheIndoorKite_/status/750041848694108162