At least the howls of Remain cry-babies give us something to snigger at

A very good piece by Libby Purves on the petulance, whining and spite of our liberal elite.

Libby got there before I did, annoyingly – and has some terrific examples in her column. I bought Saturday’s Guardian for the sole purpose of harvesting a bunch of tantrums from the letters page – and it did not disappoint. ‘Utterly ashamed to be English’ and ‘I’m moving to Scotland’ (good) and a hugely pompous encomium from an idiot called Michael Rundell, of Canterbury, about the ‘stupidity, mendacity and xenophobia’ of the Leave campaign. Long may they howl – these are somewhat fraught times and it’s nice to have something to snigger at.

Meanwhile my petition to have David Lammy MP replaced by a set of garden ornaments continues to gather signatories apace, while the three-million strong petition to have a second referendum is gradually being exposed for the fraudulent exercise it really is. Online petitions, including mine, almost always are. They are the stamped foot, the rattle thrown out of the pram, the tears before bedtime.