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In Britain, the End of the Establishment
Brexit is a terrible indictment of the country's leaders.
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Last week, the global revolt against metropolitan elites achieved a stunning result: Brexit. George Orwell once described England as “a family with the wrong members” -- he called them “irresponsible uncles” -- in control. In a deeply fractured country, flourishing London was isolated as a majority of voters left behind by globalization in England and Wales opted to take back that control, just as the catchy slogan of the “Leave” campaign had exhorted.
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