But there are millions of people who voted for them, and only a minority who voted against them. It's not just a few rotten apples at the top of the barrel.

But in any case there's a difference between shame and guilt. Those of us who voted against this lot can maybe protest reasonably that we aren't guilty of putting them in power, but that doesn't mean we don't feel shamed at what they have brought about in this long drawn out affair.

Look across the Atlantic - if you're American you don't need to have voted for Trump to feel shamed by his being President. You don't need to have picked up an assault rifle to feel ashamed of your country's record of massacres.