Brexit is a strange hybrid – a genuine national revolution against a phoney oppressor. So writes Fintan O’Toole in his new book, Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain – an attempt to understand the mentality of Brexit.

Why did many people in England come to see the EU as an agent of oppression? How did English attitudes towards the European idea evolve, from the 67% IN vote of their 1975 referendum on EC membership, to the 52% OUT vote of 2016? How do figures Fintan helps us understand

Why did so many in England stop feeling British and start feeling English? And where does resurgent English nationalism go from here?

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