You know that moment when the teacher takes a boy to the sick bay and the class becomes raucous and slightly hysterical with the possibility of rebellion?

Voices grow loud and shrill, someone throws opens a window, rubbers fly. The absence of authority is liberating at first, but soon all but the wildest kids are glancing nervously at the door, wishing that Miss would hurry back so order can be restored.

That’s how Britain felt in the days following the vote for Brexit. Even the weather was troubled and wouldn’t settle.

After 10 weeks of telling us what to do, our leaders quit the stage leaving a vacuum which soon filled with all kinds of ugliness and dread.

Instead of obeying that excellent, most British of mottos, Keep Calm and Carry On, many people opted for Get Yourself In A Right State And Refuse To Move On.