I suppose sometimes you just have to throw your hands up into the air and say ”Fine, world. I give up. Your stupidity is beyond me. You baffle me, but okay, do what the smeg you like.” It happened with the referendum: as foolish, harmful and illogical as leaving the EU is, I have no choice but to stand back, sigh and say ”fine!” And it will happen again next week if Trump is elected in America.

I just came across this New York Times article reflecting exactly the sense of incredulity and disbelief I feel. When any rational, moderately educated person looks at the situation, it seems unthinkable that this egotistical, misogynistic, racist buffoon now has a realistic and growing chance of becoming president. Yet he nevertheless does, and that is a scary thought. If brexit has taught us anything, it is that the unthinkably foolish is now quite possible. Mass disenfranchisement with mainstream politics has been harnessed by right-wing bigots like trump and Farage, allowing them to present themselves as some kind of alternative, antiestablishment figure, even though, when you look at what both men stand for, it runs counter to the modern, sensible, tolerant views which should now be the norm. Yet they present themselves in such away that their inherent repulsiveness is hidden, and people just see a way to rebel – an alternative to what they are told is ”the norm”. Thus, when the writer of this article looks at his countrymen and asks ”America, are you kidding me?” We pro-EU brits must pat him sagely on the back and answer ”No mate, they aren’t.”