He seemed to be speaking on behalf of a whole tribe of metropolitan liberals who regard Leave voters with a mixture of contempt and disbelief. Channel 4 has said that it ‘regrets any offence caused by [Jon Snow’s] comments’, while the perpetrator himself has so far kept schtum. Even in Jon Snow’s precious capital city, many more Asians may have backed Leave than is generally supposed. Are they also to be dismissed in supercilious terms by Jon Snow? There is, of course, a long and lamentable record of metropolitan, liberal-minded Remainers referring to Leave voters in a condescending and sometimes hostile way.

Source: Daily Mail April 01, 2019 23:03 UTC