Conditioning

Work was long and the position of my desk is out of the range of the air conditioning unit, so I sweltered moistly all day. Some aircon units have a strange way of hissing the cold air powerfully straight ahead, and woe betide anyone sitting more than 30cm either side of the hiss stream.

I had hit a brick wall by the time I got back to the hotel at 8.30. I put on some comfy shorts and a vest, ate a Hawaiian pizza, and watched Question Time from Blackpool. Large sectors of the country are still baying for Brexit, crowing about 'independence'. It's the absolute failure of modern British politics that leaders were not able to convey why remaining in the EU is a good option. A lady in the audience made a good point about a second public vote being useful once we know what Brexit arrangements the country is faced with, given that it's shrouded in confusion and that not many economists are viewing the transition warmly.

I am opposed to a second referendum on the original question, which was too broad and unsuitable for the public in the first place. It would be undemocratic to ignore the first result. However the suggestion to decide on the detail seems eminently sensible, yet wasn't popular with the crowd. Too sensibly patriotic an idea to think of the country's future in an informed way when instead we can continue to parrot about British sovereignty without knowing what that means in practice.

In the office Janet asked me for advice on something to do with her Google tablet, saying 'you people from the developed world are experts'. Bad move Janet. I am very un-technological. And please don't accuse Britain of being somewhere developed after some of the comments being trotted out on Question Time.