Anxiety and cosmopolitan futures: Brexit and Scotland

What is it about?

This article discusses the impact of the Brexit vote on people living in Scotland, particularly regarding local views on cosmopolitanism, class and hopes for the future. It argues that Brexit should not be simply glossed as an issue of class or the polemics of 'educated vs undereducated', 'rich vs poor', 'young vs old', but as a topic of more complex identity politics. It also raises the concerns of people who voted to remain in the European Union and how they now perceive their future in a united cosmopolitan Britain. The article also considers the paradox of a national party (SNP) appearing to represent the feelings of social liberalism in the immediate aftermath of the Brexit referendum.

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Why is it important?

Alternative view of the Brexit referendum from the perspective of people from across the political spectrum living in Eastern Scotland. Calls for the opinion of both those who voted to leave and remain to be considered in current negotiations with Europe and in the vision of post-Brexit futures.