Boris Johnson looked sick - because he has no idea how to fix the national disaster he's bequeathed us

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  By Alastair Campbell
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Boris Johnson says its clear 'project fear' is over Reuters

Well, Michael Gove was right about the experts being wrong. They totally underestimated the extent of the disaster that Brexit would unleash. It is perhaps why he and his partner in crime Boris Johnson looked like they were at the funeral of their old friend yesterday, not a celebration of one of the most remarkable and truly historic campaign victories of our time.
So let's look at some of the things we on the Remain side said would happen, and which were all dismissed as the scaremongering of Project Fear.

Nazi Germany: The Lippisch P.13a Mach 2.6 range & fuelled by coal

As conventional fuels were in extremely short supply by late 1944, Lippisch proposed that the P.13a be powered by coal. Initially, it was proposed that a wire-mesh basket holding coal be mounted behind a nose air intake, protruding slightly into the airflow and ignited by a gas burner.
The last desperate attempts by the Luftwaffe to stop the Allied bomber streams were exemplified by the demand: fighters, fighters, fighters – quick and simple to build, cheap and from easily accessible materials, small dimensions, superior speed compared to enemy escort fighters and firepower. Nearly all aircraft manufacturers and designers in the Third Reich put designs to paper along these lines. Even Dr. Lippisch’s ideas during the last year of the war fit into this concept. Of his numerous variants, the Lippisch 13a was actually given serious consideration.

Referendum fought on ‘democracy’ to see nation get Prime Minister no-one voted for

The country which voted to leave the EU due to a lack of democracy will now be led by a Prime Minister voted for by absolutely nobody.
As David Cameron announced he will stand down before the Conservative conference in October, a new prime minister that none of us chose will now make all the really important decisions that should frighten any normal person.

The preliminary bombardment began for the battle of the Somme.

100 years ago the preliminary bombardment began for the battle of the Somme. French and British artillery would continue firing for 7 days, hoping to break through the German defenses and shatter their morale.

With over 1.5 million shells fired the expectation was that their would be no opposition when the men marched across No Man's Land on 1 July, but the Germans were able to hold their position in dug-outs and the barbed wire remained largely intact.

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