Neale Richmond

Well, I think one day I did 23 media interviews in a row, starting at five to six, finishing at half past midnight.

And that wasn't rare.

And it was the whole time trying to keep a very clear balancing act that you're talking about the affairs of another country.

And as a politician, you don't want to talk about the internal affairs of another country.

But ultimately, the decision had a massive impact on Europe and particularly Ireland, Ireland more so.

And this is what we were dealing with.

We were dealing with the peace process.

We were dealing with the Good Friday Agreement and threats to it.

So it got really, really difficult.

And my big takeaway was the sheer level of ignorance about Ireland, about how the EU works, not just generally in the UK, but amongst really senior politicians who had been making this case.

No, the result went against all expectations.

52-48, extremely narrow.

The result made no sense.

That's been proved out now.

And how many times I had it screamed into my face that leave means leave, but no one ever explained what leave actually means.

What does this mean for the border in Ireland?

What does this mean for Ireland?

you know, customs unions, the price of food, the price of anything.

No one ever had a plan, no one right at the top and it goes back to the heart of the people who pushed this.

It was a clear agenda from the likes of Nigel Farage,