"Such quasi-religious narratives worked to heighten the intense emotional fervour around Brexit" https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/westminster-news/vote-leave-and-religion-and-brexit-university-study-7796858
It's like the English Civil War, the French religious wars — or possibly the Norman invasion. Deep divisions over Brexit have British people reaching for historical analogies. https://nyti.ms/2TID4Jo