Thank God Merkel is in Germany. Thank heavens too that Scotland has proper political leaders across the board, including three strong women leading the SNP, Labour and the Tories. But God help the rest of us right now.And if I meet one more person telling me they wished they hadn’t voted Leave, they didn’t realise these warnings were real, they thought it did mean more money for the NHS, they thought it would mean a drop in immigration, they thought it wouldn’t lead to economic harm and job losses and rising prices and and tax rises and spending cuts … I worry my legendary calm temper might just snap.

Sorgente: A national catastrophe, and a vacuum in leadership. This is what Britain voted for | Alastair Campbell