1. I've seen a number of whiny article from po-faced remainers saying "I thought we were beyond [insert self-righteous PC wibble] - what happened to my country - the country of the 2012 London Olympics? My progressive haven!" Well, guess what...

2. The London Olympics was pretty much the peak of the "liberal" regime - and the opening ceremony with its sycophantic NHS worship was a giant facade on a regime that was rotting on the inside. Everything about politics in that era was facadism.