Angry and stupid
The winning combination. Unless you’re 18-24, comparatively well off, and educated. It seems a bit pointless to say something about the referendum, but why not? The country seems to have shot itself in the foot – with a howitzer. My prediction was for us to remain in Europe, but not by much of a margin, but it was clear, even from the early results, that the Leave campaign had won the match. I also predicted that some people would simply see this as a protest vote, deciding that if David Cameron said one thing, they should do the other. Mind you, when I found myself aligned with him or that ghastly squit, George Osborne, I almost felt compelled to switch sides. The problem is that by using this as a protest, people really have blasted both feet off because they’re not going to wake up some day soon and find their lives have improved because Brussels is no longer allegedly interfering in their lives, or because the Tories give any more of a damn than they did in the first...