In terms of post-referendum gloom, this caricature from The Guardian tales the palm:

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

Boris was looking very chagrined yesterday. My guess is various important people had been shouting at him.

Unfortunately he's the worst person in the world - with the possible exception of Kim Jong-Un - to fix the mess. He's a mediocre journalist, an entertaining popular historian, and a Berlusconi-style politician.

He's not blessed with any particular imagination, and his term in London was full of showy pork-scented failures.

The question that no one is asking - why are all our politicians such revolting people?

There are literally millions of people in the UK who would run the country far more effectively than anyone from either party.  Instead of ranting about worker reform - i.e. lower wages - the developed countries should be thinking long and hard about constitutional reform.

Politics desperately needs to stop being a 19th century blood sport populated by losers and lawyers. Power should be a reward for clear evidence of competence and foresight, and not for being able to sell turds to the peasants.

This pause before the wrangling begins will be a race between both sides to set up an exit framework. I think the UK side will be at a disadvantage now that they suddenly don't want a 'rush' to the exit. Added to that, the UK's industry and commerce lobby wants to / has to preserve single market access, the coming government(s) will be under pressure. The uncertainty period with its economic fallout will add even more pressure. A sour victory.

_{Schengen is toast!}

The ambassador from the EU to the US is being interviewed on CSPAN right now. The ambassador states catagorically that the exit is a done deal.

They tried to assimilate me. They failed.

British Lose Right to Claim That Americans Are Dumber -- Borowitz Report

Across the United Kingdom on Friday, Britons mourned their long-cherished right to claim that Americans were significantly dumber than they are.

Luxuriating in the superiority of their intellect over Americans' has long been a favorite pastime in Britain, surpassing in popularity such games as cricket, darts, and snooker.

But, according to Alistair Dorrinson, a pub owner in North London, British voters have done irreparable damage to the "most enjoyable sport this nation has ever known: namely, treating Americans like idiots."

"When our countrymen cast their votes yesterday, they didn't realize they were destroying the most precious leisure activity this nation has ever known," he said. "Wankers."

In the face of this startling display of national idiocy, Dorrinson still mustered some of the resilience for which the British people are known. "This is a dark day," he said. "But I hold out hope that, come November, Americans could become dumber than us once more."