Karl_ wrote:That sort of Brexit will destroy the UK. Ireland will reunite (good!), Scotland will go straight away (good!), and even Wales might leave (fingers crossed!) when it sees the other Celtic nations doing well for themselves while England throws itself face-first into the latrine.
A lone England would also no longer be able to hide its intense political divisions. How long will left-leaning cities like London, Bristol, Liverpool, and Manchester accept eternal far-right Tory rule? There's no telling how that tension will resolve itself but it won't be a polite debate.
Living in cities forces you to encounter people outside of your bubble, because you'll work with them, shop alongside them, your kids will go to school with them. Living in a city gives you an idea of how much state funding can improve the lives of so many.
Well those are the reasons why I think that rural areas tend to be more conservative.