I stand by what I said 10 years ago. We were right to leave the European Union | Larry Elliott (opens in new tab)

The Brexit vote showed that class still matters in British politics – and the changes needed are ones the EU would never have allowedOn the morning after the vote for Brexit, the Guardian’s newsroom was deathly quiet. There was disbelief that the public had voted the way it had, and the place was in mourning. With one exception the paper’s columnists had backed remain, and the shock of defeat was all the harder to bear because they had expected their side to triumph. The exception to the hous...