All I would like to add to this is that I think a period of reflection would be in order for supporters of the EU, who might like to think seriously about why they lost. The only sneering I have heard has been from the pro-EU side, against the old, the poor, and the "uneducated", by people who in some cases might not actually be so expert as they like to think. My personal reflection on the failure of the Remain campaign to bully, browbeat, guilt-trip and intimidate the public into voting for their consensus is that it speaks rather well of the public's resilience, common sense and decency - and of the wisdom of crowds, contra elite opinion.
Wringing your hands about the "failure" of the public's education won't save a consensus that seems never to have really existed, its absence disguised by the unrepresentative nature of our system of government. Education is not measurable only by whether or not you went to Eton-and-Oxbridge, the number of years you spent in formal schooling (which is in any case not comparable from one generation to the next) or the number of letters you have after your name, and even the best-educated person may gain much from long experience. I suggest that all archivists who work with the general public - many of whom may well be from the older demographic which broke for Leave - try to remember that, and behave with humility.
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