Member

I had an interesting conversation about this with the journalist, Patrick O’Flynn, who was very shrewd about what had happened in the media world. A lot of people working in the media—guess what?—voted leave, as the majority of people in the country did, but they could never tell anyone; they had to be silent. I mention Patrick O’Flynn just because, if noble Lords do not mind me paying tribute, he died yesterday at 59 years old. It is a total tragedy, as he was one of the most brilliant commentators, and I wanted to say that I so miss him. He was a dear friend and much admired. He made the point, and he was very funny about it, that loads of people voted to leave the EU, but they could not say so in certain workplaces. I am saying that because I think there is a bit of a trend that you cannot say what you think.