I find it difficult to evaluate the arguments Stears presents in "Out of the Ordinary" in a clinical, detached way, due to the immense emotional pull the book had on me.

I want to believe in a Britain which protects and venerates the patterns of everyday life. After all, I myself am a child of those same patterns and my heart hurts when I think of them now and my current detachment from them. I want to believe that the everyday people of Britons know what is best for themselves and can overcome the deep clefts that divide them. As such, I enjoyed "Out of the Ordinary". Those of differing beliefs may come away with a different perception of the book.

I do feel that the Stears is harsh on Corbyn and post-2015 Labour. That said, whilst I may feel that the party was closer to Ordinary People in 2015-19 than during the New Labour years, the fact of the matter is that millions disagreed, and showed their disagreement with their votes.

I still love my fellow Britons and, like Stears, have hope and faith in their choices. Whatever the divisions we face, we can at least take small comfort in knowing that the US is far, far, worse.