It was the school fair last Saturday, a usually fun event which took place in a strange subdued mood. I live in the fourth most pro-remain borough in Britain, the heartland of the liberal metropolitan elite, whom everyone else seems to despise.

In my road there were at least two dozen pro-EU posters displayed before the referendum, and remain campaigners were out in force. The area has a very high percentage of all the demographics most likely to stay – the university educated, the young, the foreign-born, the insufferably sanctimonious.