My part of north London feels like the morning after England get knocked out from the World Cup. People look genuinely angry, and down the road in Islington the benevolent moral guardians of the current year have been shouting ‘scum’ at Boris Johnson outside his house.
Boris leaves his house to crowds shouting 'scum' #EUref @LBC pic.twitter.com/V4hhXG18v3
— Charlotte Wright (@charlotte_bbc) June 24, 2016
After the most unpleasant period in British politics for years, and a sour and recriminating atmosphere now lingering, the Vote Leave team – who may be the government in waiting – have got to unite the nation to assure stability; politically, economically and mentally.
As Tim Montgomerie says, we need to reassure Europe we’ll be good neighbours, reassure migrants here that they are welcome, and reassure the 48 per cent that they are not strangers in their own country.
These are the kind of things I hope we'll hear from @BorisJohnson,
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