Half of Brexit supporters were not ‘left behind’ red wall voters and did not have huge expectations of “sunlit uplands” or economic gains, they simply fell for the jingoistic lies of the Leave campaigns. https://t.co/M8vIfk60Dy

— Brexitshambles (@brexit_sham) April 19, 2021

So, people who voted for Brexit weren’t generally Economically Anxious per right wing propaganda; many or most were comfortably well off, but wanted to drag the country to an earlier half-mythical age to restore a Sense of Pride and where everyone knew their place. Sounds familiar somehow.