My wife spent four years over your way, 'nannied' for one of your British actors outside of London - and absolutely loved it. Loved your culture, the people and a bloke named Jonathon who repaired cuckoo clocks and didn't know how to handle a relationship. Interesting bloke though, wrote to him for a while after he wrote to my wife begging her to go back.
"Got a letter from Jonathon, he wants me to go back."
"He's got a bloody good eye - that man."
"Oh - you're such a darling."

That was nearly thirty years ago and wasn't married then, and come to think of it, we never did get married - probably keeping our options open.

You have family pubs over there - we have 'drinking holes' ....... though I was in one last year and it was a little more 'genteel' than I remember - didn't see a single scrap all evening, yet the price of beer alone is enough to put you off coming here. When my turn came for a round I didn't have enough money in my pocket to pay for it - very embarrassing.

Suppose it's easier for you to 'travel' there - spitting distance to Europe and all the other cultures - very tempting.
Bit different here - got Oz just over there, but who the hell wants to go to Oz - and anyway, I never had any urge to go looking - everything I ever wanted was right here 

And now you have Boris - will be interesting to see if they listen to him ?

I've never particularly seen a common 'world society' as a good thing, each nation has it's own strengths and should be governed by those familiar with those strengths - not dictated to by others who would dilute those strengths.
I would have voted for Brexit too.

Mind - we've still got the 'pip' from when you joined the EU and cut the 'apron strings' leaving us to deal with Russia, America and whoever else would take our produce. And now it's China who make demands in return that many are not comfortable with.