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The fact Boris Johnson who advertised himself as ‘Mr Brexit’ has just had his career undergo a controlled demolition courtesy of his own colleagues marks the start of the UK changing I think. We might (and probably will) improve things somewhat by rejoining the single market further down the line but we still have to contend with the absurd regional inequality, the absurd generational inequality, the property market violently strangling the rest of the economy to death, a full on cost of living crisis, the dependence of many British businesses on cheap and often exploited foreign labour rather than training school leavers or automating anything, and an entrenched class system that acts a huge drag on meritocracy and gives our system of government a blind spot to shameless demagogues like Boris Johnson as long as they have the right accent and background.

Brexit was like a depressed alcoholic going on a bender, we can sober the man up and give him a shrill moralising lecture about how shit he is but at the end of the day the very legitimate reasons he was drinking himself to death to begin with are all still there and need to be dealt with. Interesting times.