The 2016 referendum was won by rightwing millionaires using the poor and ignored as political cover

Lodged in my mind is an image that grows in significance with each of this week’s Brexit headlines. Through leaks, briefings and Boris Johnson’s mercy dash to dinner in Brussels, the memory nags at me. Unpack it and you will find some of the seeds of this chaotic moment.

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