The Brexit vote was driven by the losers of globalisation, but that's hardly the whole story

On the second anniversary of the Brexit vote, there is hardly any further clarity on how a whole host of issues will be resolved. Some say we are in what Gramsci called "interregnum" - a period of uncertainty during which the old system or order is dying and the new has yet to emerge. Below, Armine Ishkanian (LSE) discusses the social context of Brexit, the reasons why people voted for it, and asks what’s the role of social policy going forward.