Like many people tonight I shall be raising a glass to Brexit before going quietly to bed.
I am delighted we are leaving the European Union but I wasn’t tempted to attend a Brexit-themed party, in Parliament Square or anywhere else.
Those celebrations should be for people who campaigned year after year (and more recently) to leave the EU.
I voted Leave in 2016, I voted for the Brexit party in last year’s Euro elections, and I voted for Boris to 'Get Brexit Done', but apart from that I was an armchair supporter.
Compared to friends and acquaintances who canvassed, lobbied, manned high street stalls or put their lives on hold by standing for election and becoming MEPs last year, I did nothing.
Tonight is their night and when I contemplate our escape from this undemocratic, vainglorious, would-be superstate I shall be thinking of them.
Thank you!