Nothing sums up the death of accountability like the prospect of Nigel Farage in No 10 | George Monbiot

Key points

• The biggest Brexit donor was the stockbroker Peter Hargreaves.
• He gave £3.2m to the leave campaign.
• He justified his enthusiasm as follows: “We will get out there and we will become incredibly successful because we will be insecure again.
• And insecurity is fantastic.” If you are wondering, “Fantastic for whom?”, the current television ad for the company he co-founded, Hargreaves Lansdown, could supply an answer.
• It presents itself as a safe haven in times of disruptive change.