Re: When was the last time your over-zealous attempt to fix a problem back-fired heavily?
"And while there are pockets of resistance to leaving (NI, Scotland, London, metropolitan areas), the electorate is largely outside of these areas."
You do realise that most people live in metropolitan areas?
I completely understand and agree that many people in more rural counties and smaller/medium towns feel, quite rightly, that they have been neglected and hard done by, and they are right to be upset, but it is the UK/English government that they should be upset at. The EU and devolved governments are the ones who have actually been trying to support and invest in neglected areas.