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20th century Britain in the late nineteen fifties, sixties en seventies was in many ways an unpleasant place in which to live. Diet, healthcare and housing were often poor. There existed inherent institutionalised racism and sexism. The country’s industry roller-coasted between gentle decay and belligerent self-destruction.So why did the sixty-plussers vote so overwhelmingly for Brexit?In this deeply personal recollection of the Britain he grew up in, Andrew Lomax (1957) explores what made the vast majority of his contemporaries tick the ‘Leave’ box. As someone who has lived and worked on both sides of the North Sea, in Britain and the Netherlands, he is uniquely placed to transcend the rhetoric. His answers may surprise you.

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20th century Britain in the late nineteen fifties, sixties en seventies was in many ways an unpleasant place in which to live. Diet, healthcare and housing were often poor. There existed inherent institutionalised racism and sexism. The country’s industry roller-coasted between gentle decay and belligerent self-destruction.So why did the sixty-plussers vote so overwhelmingly for Brexit?In this deeply personal recollection of the Britain he grew up in, Andrew Lomax (1957) explores what made the vast majority of his contemporaries tick the ‘Leave’ box. As someone who has lived and worked on both sides of the North Sea, in Britain and the Netherlands, he is uniquely placed to transcend the rhetoric. His answers may surprise you.

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