Referendum...

Be careful what you wish for; be careful what you vote for. The referendum result came as quite a shock; I’d assumed that many undecided voters would finally default to maintaining the status quo. But 52% of the electorate plumped, instead, for going to sea in a sieve. A mere 48 hours later, both major political parties are in turmoil, and no-one seems to know where we go from here. Three million people have added their signatures to an online petition, asking for the referendum to be re-run. The future seems uncertain, and I can’t recall a time when our kingdom looked less united…

Ullswater...