The EU referendum has exposed our fractured nation
I spoke about voter attitudes on many platforms at events during the EU referendum campaign and often took straw polls of the audience. In a typical group of, say, 50 senior individuals from business, media and politics, almost all would tell me that they thought Remain would win. Many would be bold, suggesting a decisive win for Remain - maybe by a lead of 10% or more. One very distinguished political commentator predicted that Leave would be "humiliated".
We know what happened next, and the establishment is still struggling to...