The Brexit thing is easy to explain .After WW1 the brits were broke there was no work so no taxes to be collected .So the Brits introduced Death Duty this meant the really wealthy had to pay huge tax they lost their lands and Big Gaffs to tax the lot had to be sold to settle Death Duty .Hundreds of years of building up the family wealth was wiped out .That are the people behind Brexit Old Monied families who are trying to bankrupt the state so they can buy back what they lost .Just look at All the Brexiteers Boris,Cameron,Farage ,Reese Mog et al most if not all of them private schooled .Brexit is a land grab by the Old establishment aided by the Unemployables who they convinced that they could be Unemployable in comfort if the government were not handing over cash to Brussels and imigrants .Wait till after Brexit when Borris and his Ilk own millions of housing units and invite imigrants to come live in one of their gaffs .You can see it here in Ireland the Wealthy that owned the Tenements now own the Reit companies that control the housing stock .It might of taken 100 years but the landlords once again control the housing stock in Dublin .And Victorian doss houses have been replaced by Co living accomodation or air BnB .