> A similar mindset was evident in those senior EU officials in 2016 who privately told John Longworth, Chairman of the UK Independent Business Network that they were shocked British non-graduates were allowed to vote in the Brexit referendum.

Considering the results ( Brexit), and on what the campaign for that result was run on ( flaming shit and disinformation, like their wonderful slogans), can you blame him? It was an extremely complex topic, dangerously oversimplified by people with very questionable at best credentials and motives ( Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson), who lied and made empty impossible promises ( like a Norway style deal but with full judicial independence). Such a question, with such variable outcomes, should have never been asked to ordinary people. Ffs, many polls and trends showed many people didn't have a clue what it is that the EU does and what it means leaving it, even after the vote.