Abandoned by mainstream politicians yes, that's the definition of populism (politicians who position themselves against a general 'elite').
Left behind by the global economy, no, there's no evidence of that. It's a New York Times trope designed to make liberal readers feel superior. Polls showed quite clearly that Brexit was motivated by (a) immigration levels and (b) sovereignty, but these are hard to separate because if the UK was self-ruling and the political elite were more in touch with the population, immigration levels would have been kept lower a long time ago and the issue would never have become as neuralgic. People who are angry over ultra-high immigration levels are both annoyed at the quantity but also annoyed at being ignored and told to shut up about it by out of touch politicians.
In particular, there isn't much discussion of trade war in the UK, nor the rest of Europe.
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Abandoned by mainstream politicians yes, that's the definition of populism (politicians who position themselves against a general 'elite').
Left behind by the global economy, no, there's no evidence of that. It's a New York Times trope designed to make liberal readers feel superior. Polls showed quite clearly that Brexit was motivated by (a) immigration levels and (b) sovereignty, but these are hard to separate because if the UK was self-ruling and the political elite were more in touch with the population, immigration levels would have been kept lower a long time ago and the issue would never have become as neuralgic. People who are angry over ultra-high immigration levels are both annoyed at the quantity but also annoyed at being ignored and told to shut up about it by out of touch politicians.
In particular, there isn't much discussion of trade war in the UK, nor the rest of Europe.