The fury of the stop Brexit mob has finally been explained

At last they’ve found a name for it. A name for the meltdown that has occurred in certain political circles since June 2016. A name for the daily Twitter-rage against That Referendum. A name for the clearly potty belief that we are heading for the End of Days and that it is all the fault of dumb voters who don’t like the EU. A name for the non-stop fuming about Britain’s ‘inferior’ people and the almighty mess they have apparently landed the nation in.

It’s called Brexit Anxiety Disorder.

At least that is how Tom McTague at Politico sums up the findings of two psychological experts who have looked into post-referendum craziness. And we know how much Remainers love experts, so no doubt they will fully take on board this expert diagnosis of their malady. Dr Philip Corr, a professor of psychological and behavioural economics at the University of London, and Dr Simon Stuart, a clinical psychologist, believe that hardcore Remainers are behaving in a similar way to those who suffer from chronic anxiety. From their insatiable anger at the state of the world to their spectacularly dismissive attitude towards Brexit voters, these extreme Europhiles exhibit many of the symptoms of an anxiety order, the docs say.

It’s all there. Witness how some Remainers have become prone to anger and despair. Or see their adoption of an Us and Them mentality in which they come to view the Them — Brexit voters — as a lesser form of life. Especially poorer, not very well educated Brexit voters, who are talked about by some Remainers in the most haughtily dismissive lingo. That is because psychologically rattled Remainers exhibit in-group love and out-group hate, say Corr and Stuart. ‘Standard psychological stuff’, they say.