“Most of those who govern us have only a sketchy idea of how most people in the country live,” the scholar asserted, suggesting that “Places like Stoke-on-Trent and Sunderland might as well be in a far-off country” to them.
“That is why the [Brexit] referendum result was such a shock to these introverted elites,” he explained — before adding that “The next stage of the Brexit drama will be an even greater shock.”