France turned its back on the far right. Brexit Britain can too

Macron's victory against Le Pen should give hope that the nationalist Leave narrative is not yet set in stone

Reflecting on the depressing economic prospects facing this country and many parts of the world, I am reminded of a line in PG Wodehouse's Much Obliged, Jeeves.

The narrator - that Boris Johnson-like figure Bertie Wooster - sinks back in his chair, face buried in hands. It is always my policy to look on the bright side," he says, but in order to do this you have to have a bright side to look on ..."