The Booker prize winner described a dystopian Britain. But haven’t we been living in that since Brexit? | Zoe Williams

It didn’t need a novel: even Leave voters understand the damage that has been done, as does the PM. Now all he has to do is persuade his party Earlier this week, some people on the radio were talking about a very British dystopia. The government had disintegrated, but everyone was carrying on pretty much as they had before. Britain was isolated on the world stage and people missed Europe like hell, but weren’t allowed to visit, let alone live there. I thought the radio people were discussing B