I am trying to figure out whether Cameron calling for the Brexit referendum was even more stupid than Hitler invading Russia or Tojo bombing Pearl Harbor. The latter two events eventually destroyed the countries which perpetrated the deeds, and it’s beginning to look as though the UK may break up into its respective parts. Scotland, which voted Remain, is making noises about another Scottish Independence referendum to redo the one it had in 2014. Sinn Fein is making noises about unifying Northern Ireland with Ireland proper, since NI voted Remain and Ireland is an EU member. Wales joined England in voting Leave, so it could end up in a smaller Kingdom, perhaps Lesser Great Britain, like the Lesser Antilles?

I am also imagining the horror Cameron must have felt when he realized that his ploy to retain his job as PM in 2015 was going to have the opposite result from that he’d expected. He promised the Euroskeptics in his own Conservative Party back then that he’d offer a yes-or-no referendum on Britain’s status in the EU by 2017 if they’d support his re-election campaign in 2015. They did, he won, and he called for the referendum. His legacy is not going to be the one he preferred.