The BBC's Mark Easton has written an article about what he thinks prompted the leave vote. You can read it HERE. He says brexit is rewriting the political map with conservative and labour areas voting the same way and is particularly struck with Port Talbot an area that has benefited a lot from EU funding bu has very low levels of immigration.
He thinks they vote against a global elite who make decisions about their lives from faraway places. Mr Easton may well be right but his conclusion is wrong. Tata would not interfere if Port Talbot made a profit - in the way that Nissan don't interfere in their highly successful Sunderland plant. And note Sunderland also voted to leave.
I believe much of Port Talbot's problems are the age old British problem of low productivity and a belief that the world (i.e. The Global Elite) owes us a living. Tata make decisions because they are having to send a lot money every month to keep the plant going and who can blame them?
Also, there is an interesting report from The UK in a Changing Europe (HERE) about the progress or lack of it since June 23rd. Sky News (HERE) quotes from it saying the EU thinks we are still living on fantasy island - and Mark Easton shows we are.
John Curtice says in the report there is little evidence of people changing their mind - but let us see where we are this time next year.
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