Patronised, Slandered and Distrusted

Another insight into the Brexit vote in the United Kingdom, more particularly in England and Wales. Writing in The Spectator (U.K.). Brendan O'Neill cites research which points to the Leave vote being mostly, or at least strongly, one of the poor and less-educated.

Of local authorities with average house prices of less than £282,000, 79 per cent voted Leave; where house prices are above that figure, just 28 per cent did so. Of the 240 local authorities that have low education levels — i.e. more than a quarter of adults do not have five A to Cs at GCSE — 83 per cent voted Leave. Then there’s pay, the basic gauge of one’s place in the pecking order: 77 per cent of local authorities in which lots of people earn a low wage (of less than £23,000) voted Leave, compared with only 35 per cent of areas with decent pay packets.

O'Neill says we know who voted Leave, why did they do so? His answer will interest you:

My take, from talking to numerous Leave voters, is not that they feel slighted by the political class but that they oppose it. (snip) They are sick of being castigated for their way of life. People have a strong sense of being ruled over by institutions that fundamentally loathe them, or at least consider them to be in dire need of moral and social correction.

They feel patronised, slandered and distrusted, not ignored. They feel their working-class culture and attitudes are viewed with contempt.

Many Trump voters feel exactly this way, with much justification. Note the British spelling of "patronised," we spell it with a z.
Hat tip to Lucianne.com for the link.