The difficulty lies not with self serving autocrats like Farage or Trump. It lies with us, the electorate. We are the ones responsible for putting tyrants in positions of power. Yelling abuse at politicians does no good at all.

Mornington Crescent!

Not sure about that - opinion polls suggest that there's a growing sense of regret among those who voted to leave the EU. Increasingly, young people reaching voting age see their opportunities diminished by restriction of movement. And older people, who tended to vote leave, are dying out.

It's possible. I guess the former Soviet Republic you have in mind is Tito's Jugoslavia? Or the Baltic republics?

Talk of rejoining is futile. We are now much further beyond the frontiers of Europe than we were in the 70s, when Edward Heath finally succeeded in overcoming De Gaulle's suspicions of the British and intransigent refusal to allow us into the Common Market. A long, weary road stretches ahead.

I think the decisive votes cast in 2016 were motivated by a sense of grievance, to piss Cameron off and cause mischief. It was all just for a laugh. That’s the way England rolls.

Ich befürchte den Tag:
I dread the day.

Please tell us why you say that about Plymouth. I loved the city when I first visited in the late '70s. But why have all the trees been cut down? Why?

Here's Farage with the Russian Ambassador. Both expressed delight after the Brexit vote, especially the Russian, who said that Britain had been brought to its knees, and would not rise again for a very long time.