* The pound plummeting like a rock. - Expected period of adjustment.

* Xenophobia, bordering on fascism, being advocated by the press. - BBC is nothing but a continuous charity appeal.

* The gradual, quiet, handing of the NHS to private companies. - Precedes Brexit.

* Ever growing demand for food banks, most notably by people working jobs that don't pay enough to fulfil basic needs. - Precedes Brexit.

* The only vaguely viable opposition to the government self-destructing right when they're needed most. - Precedes Brexit.

Completely off-topic.