A very British waste of time

A very British waste of time

“Brecks-it”, or “Breggs-it”? Even before all those “Brexit means breakfast” foul-ups on the broadcast round, it’s fitting that we never even settled how to mouth the damned neologism. Much as economic historians would like to centre the financial crash as modern Britain’s Genesis story, 23 June 2016 is simply the unmatched year zero of our national crisis – or at least our national hysteria. This isn’t purely a question of theatrics – though the…