Albion Rose
So, we're out. How was your first week? I voted (reluctantly) to Remain, but I told myself the day of the referendum that whatever the result, I would remain proud of this country. The fact that we were holding such a referendum - uniquely so far - was in itself something to take pride in. I'm happy to say that that pride has held out. It took some blows; for instance, in the immediate aftermath of the referendum when a minority of bigots felt emboldened to enact their savage prejudices toward immigrants; when Theresa May's government (to my shock and dismay) failed to immediately guarantee the continued rights of residence of 3.2m EU residents of the UK; and when Mrs May's government thought so little of this country that they were willing to sign her into a state of vassalage, in which we would take EU law but have no say in its making. But all societies have their share of racism, and the UK, it must be said, has a notably meagre one, at least as suggested by...