i feel tony blair began the destabilising of europe, or at least our place in the EU. by siding with George W Bush and invading Iraq, he chose to refuse the arguments of Germany and France et al to pursue the foolish goal of a special relationship with the usa.

then cameron chose to take on the threat to the tories by farage and his wee gang of idiots by holding the referendum. then no-one felt the need to campaign to remain too vigorously and turned a blind eye to russian money and meddling.

of course we can blame the wealthy who didn't want their privileges, bonusses and tax breaks challenged by the tougher regulations coming from Brussels.

for whatever disaster and misery in europe that is to come it's sickening to think that our liberal democracies have lost due to our own complacency and to the likes of farage, trump, johnson and others. i wouldn't credit them with the intelligence to plan this current situation but their willingness to go along with putin and his plan to destabilise the west has been traitorous and disastrous