On the News yesterday, I caught the tail end of a report about Brexit and the fishing industry. A woman who runs two businesses has already lost 40K preparing for a possible no deal, but maintains that she would vote leave again.
When asked why, she said she had voted not for herself but for the good of the country as a whole, and for her grandchildren.
Another fisherman was interviewed. In his opinion we have to leave, deal or no deal, and no deal is fine, as long as we leave.
I am speaking from a remain point of view, but I hear stuff like the above and now feel a level of despair.
Presumably there are leavers who feel the same way about what they would consider to be extreme remain positions.
So when the PM talks about unity, he and others are totally deluded IMO. I think the best we can hope for is people getting on with others inside their own communities, but having very little understanding of or empathy for what is going on for other communities. Maybe it has always been like this.
I think whatever the outcome now, many people will feel bitter for a long time.