Three years on, we are covered in the scars of what it has done to this country.

Britain’s two great self-inflicted crises of the postwar era point to a conclusion that voters may soon rediscover for themselves.

Brexit marks a seemingly decisive pivot away from Europe. This decision dominated not by a view of the future, but by a view of the past bears striking resemblance to the geopolitical blunders of Munich and Suez, the consequences of which were the opposite of those intended.

If the UK has any sense now, just like after Suez, we would retreat and simply accept our diminished status in the world, with as much dignity as we can muster, and hope time heals the wounds.