[arethuza]

Immigration was arguably the central topic for the Leave campaign and it was known to "resonate" very strongly with certain groups of voters.

Not sure how you can argue that there is no "actual public interest" in the topic.

See: "All Out War" by Tim Shipman for more on this - a really excellent book.

[lhnz]

The British public think a good trade deal with the EU is more important than cutting immigration when negotiating Brexit [0].

Remember that about 20% of the leavers are 'liberal leavers' - they are pro-migration. Once you add this group to the remainers it's clear that a minority of anti-immigration voters shouldn't decide politics for everybody else.

[0] http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/british-people...