Two cabinet ministers 'interested in new anti-Brexit party idea' (allegedly)

[Denzil_DC]

9. Indeed.

It was an odd situation to say the least.

I'd usually expect the status quo to have the upper hand in any proposed change of this magnitude (see Scottish independence referendum). But it was an insuperable uphill task beating back against the many years of anti-EU propaganda.

Add the anti-incumbency and anti-"Establishment" dimension (somehow, figures gone rogue like featherbedded retired investment banker Farage, MP and ex-Etonian London Mayor Boris Johnson and the various multi-millionaires/billionaires dotted around the Leave campaign escaped being tarnished as Establishment) along with truly awful coverage of the issues in the media, and good old-fashioned xenophobia, and the result was less of a surprise.