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I quite agree that those in the `London Bubble' have refused to acknowledge any legitimacy in the disaffection felt by a significant amount of the electorate in the regions. For a decade or more now London has motored ahead with a burgeoning economy and culture in contrast to so many other parts of the UK. The map of majorities on the Guardian's front page sums it up all too nicely.
The wealthy parts of Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire, London and the metropolitan areas in the North around Liverpool and Manchester are pretty obvious. There is a split in British politics that has been obvious enough since the Labour victory in 2005. It is almost entirely down to the long term employment status in those areas.
But, those upset at the loss of the Remain campaign are not upset for themselves, they are upset because those regions are going to be turned over even harder. Rental prices will increase, zero hour contracts will expand, services will be cut further because this result gives enormous momentum to a swing to far right politics in the UK.
If you earn less than 50k then this result is bad fucking news. The remain campaign could see that, the poor who voted out couldn't.
So no, I won't be trying to build any bridges right now as the future of millions people just took a turn for the worse.