. >> john gaffney is a professor of politics and joins us now from london. so much to ask you, professor. don't know really where to begin but let's start by looking back a bit. that -- this was a pretty bitter campaign. do you get the impression in the u.k. that perhaps there is now a -- any sense at all of regret now that the consequences are becoming very apparent and real? >> well, possibly not yet, but it will happen. i'm sure it will h happen. a lot of this vote was a kind of protest vote. often voted for by people who wanted, there was a kind of populist edge to it, anti-elitist, and decisions taken like that, people often rue the day. also, the question of immigration played a very, very unsaferry role in this campaign, dividing people and possibly bringing out some of president worst in our magnificent nation. i say magnificent nation. god knows how long we might remain one, from your excellent report there. it's funny that this referendum was supposed to answer one simple question, and it has generated 100 questions. and most of them, i mean things