[rorygreen]

I don't. I'm situated in a very stereotypically "rural England" type place — a deeply Conservative area, within the sea of Blue you see on maps of our election results[1].

In regard to Brexit, there's actually a strong libertarian case for leaving the EU. I personally think it was shortsighted of people (and somewhat reckless) to vote with this mindset given our current government, as the exit of the EU that is desired by those libertarians is not that which will occur. However, this is a much more contentious opinion amongst people I know, many of whom would argue that this was a valid and commendable rejection of the status quo. Saying this, I don't know if the libertarian argument for Brexit was strongly enough represented in the referendum to tip the balance. Given the tiny margin by which Leave won[2] (< 1.3 million votes. It's worth noting that this majority corresponds to about 1/3 of the electorate), I think it's possible.

[1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2015/results

[2] http://www.bbc.com/news/politics/eu_referendum/results

[ScottBurson]

> It's worth noting that this majority corresponds to about 1/3 of the electorate

I think you meant 1/30?

[rorygreen]

No I mean the 'majority' as in the 51.9% who voted Leave, due to the poor turnout, corresponds to about 1/3 of the electorate.

[ScottBurson]

Ah. I thought you meant the margin of victory, which was about 1/30 of the voters (not the electorate, as you point out).