An anti Brexit, pro European Union campaigner waves flags near Parliament in London, Wednesday, November 22, 2017. (Source: AP Photo/File) An anti Brexit, pro European Union campaigner waves flags near Parliament in London, Wednesday, November 22, 2017. (Source: AP Photo/File)The social divide revealed by Britain’s 2016 vote to leave the European Union is not only here to stay but deepening, according to academic research published on Wednesday. “The (Brexit) referendum highlighted fundamental divisions in British society and superimposed a leave-remain distinction over them. Menon said the research, based on a series of polls over the 18-month period since Britain voted to leave the European Union, showed 35 percent of people self-identify as “Leavers” and 40 percent as “Remainers”.

Source: Indian Express January 31, 2018 03:56 UTC