Brexit: ‘It will be my generation that will have to deal with it’

Irish people living in Britain tend to view the country as a mature democracy; yesterday they woke up wondering if that maturity had become senility.

In the Irish pubs around Covent Garden ex-pats were examining the 4% margin of victory that has delivered a body blow to an established way of life.

In London where the remain camp polled over 75% there is disbelief that the nation could betray the capital.