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19 Apr 2021

Politics and Society

Comfortable leavers: the expectations and hopes of the overlooked Brexit voters

This briefing paper draws on workshops conducted by NatCen in summer 2020 with a group of voters we have labelled ‘Comfortable Leavers’.

Often overlooked, in favour of narratives that have emphasised the role of the ‘left behind,’ we thought it important to understand what this sizeable part of the Leave vote thought about Brexit and hoped for the future of the country.

Read the full briefing paper here.

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