UK voters’ decision to overturn the country’s European Union membership has left most parliamentarians looking rather distant from the constituents they represent. The politicians staked much on assuming that people could be persuaded not to sabotage their economic self-interest, but that message conspicuously failed to resonate.  Matthew Watson is Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick.

Image courtesy of interviewee. August 16, 2019