Jeremy Clarke Jeremy Clarke

An 11-year-old’s birthday party was hijacked by Brexit

While our guests laid into the PM and Dominic Cummings, the birthday boy and I played with matches

Credit: Lacheev 
issue 06 June 2020
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Saturday night we ate outside next to the floodlit rock face. Four adult guests came puffing up the path and one child, George, celebrating his 11th birthday. A string of low-wattage coloured bulbs hung above our heads. Chicken curry. Dahl. Pink wine. Yellow champagne. Little brass oil lamps on the table.

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