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He wasn't describing most people who voted Brexit. He was describing the circumstances of the English thugs you posted about upthread. Don't reparse the question after it's been answered.
And it isn't an either or situation. Some people will be culturally nationalistic, some will be economically suffering and dislocated, some will be a bit of both. However it isn't even that simple. "Culturally nationalistic" and "economically suffering and dislocated" aren't absolute. They're scales and people can appear at any point on both at the same time.
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I don't accept this is the economic position of most people who voted Brexit. I haven't seen any exhaustive research or breakdown of the Brexit cohort, so can admittedly only fall back on anecdata. I watched Adrian Chiles' documentary on Brexit voters in Birmingham. One couple owned a house and had just bought a narrow boat. Another was a pub landlord with a thriving business.