Ha! Got me.
The vote came and went, so yes, you are correct ;-)
Because here when we say English, we are meaning English Can vs French Can. so we tend to say Brits when speaking of people from England, but yes, as my sister says to me whenever I say she lives in England, she corrects me and says, No, I live in Wales......
re accents, its the same here in Canada. Plonk me down in a small fishing village in middle of fricken nowhere Newfoundland in a room of old fishermen and I'll most likely be as clueless as to what is being said if I were in Russia (maybe not quite, but close....).
Actually, the vote made no difference. Being British isn't a political artefact, it's about being an inhabitant of the island that is Great Britain. It comprises England, Scotland and Wales. And just to complete the confusion for you North Americans, the British Isles comprises Great Britain and Ireland, but the political entities are the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Irish Republic, sometimes known as Eire.
As for accents, I've been to Newfie. Much easier for this Brit than Acadian New Brunswick... . If you're ever over here I'll introduce you to a Geordie. You'll think you're in Scandinavia.