"Bear, Vulpa and Gideon et al need to be asking themselves why swathes of the population think.immigration is a problem, why they don't want to be part of an EU Superstate, why they want control of their own borders and finances and laws."
Well with the immigration thing that's easy, the most of the areas with the highest levels of immigration don't seem to think that immigration is a problem, the areas that have relatively low levels seem to think it is.
So the question must be asked there, why do they see it as a problem if their lives aren't directly impacted by it? The answer has to be fear and worry about the impact created by the media.
The EU superstate bit again is a fear thing, the likelihood of the EU becoming some sort of superstate is very low. Same with controlling the borders, we do have control of our borders.
I think the democracy and sovereignty and own laws argument has been undermined by the reaction of the main proponents of the leave vote to the application of the UK's own constitutional process.
The leave voters should be asking themselves then if leaving was such a good and beneficial thing, why did the campaign exploit people's fears so much? Why did they have to use misinformation? Why are they now objecting the UK law being applied in this case?
Does any means fit the end?