But it goes something like this.

The EU referendum resulted in a Leave vote. Judging by social media, there are many in Labour who see this as an irritating bump in the UK’s long, non-negotiable membership of the EU. The peasants will come round in time, seems to be the view.

Perhaps all this sound and fury is, however, simply part of the normal grieving process. On Thursday night and Friday morning came denial. There was no way we would seriously contemplate voting Leave, surely? Madness. It just can’t be.