What a pleasure it was to read the articles in last week’s Tablet, especially that of Gisela Stuart MP (“Decision for family and future”, 18 June). I wasn’t persuaded by Ms Stuart but had the other Vote Leave campaigners argued in a similarly cogent and respectful way, it would have been a privilege to engage in the democratic process, instead of which, I feel contaminated by it.

The motives behind the murder of Jo Cox MP are not yet known but it’s clear that we have all been victims to a lesser extent of the sort of low politics that has sought to appeal to our basest instincts. The Remainers have presented frightening and sketchy hypotheses as fact, while the Brexiteers have promised jam tomorrow and exploited people’s legitimate concerns almost to the point of inciting racial hatred.