I know it’s silly – how can a solitary house function as it’s own state, for one? – but I really like things like this. ”Retired academic William Riches has declared his Severnside home an independent Republic in protest against the Brexit vote. The 77-year-old former university lecturer has made wife Judith President and given his children and grandchildren citizenship so they do not need a passport to cross the threshold of his home.” Even in times like these, you can still depend on a bit of British eccentricity. Mind you, it goes to show how much and how passionate the opposition to Brexit still is. My only worry would be if a bunch of outist thugs – you know the type: skinheads who think every word Farage utters is gospel – get pissed out of their tiny brains one night and decide to go and ”invade”. I, on the other hand, fully support the project, and proudly recognise the republic of Middlewatch.