The day started badly at the primary school where Mike Walters is a deputy head. The morning after the referendum to leave the EU, staff opened the classroom doors to find an angry confrontation taking place between parents.
“One mother was swearing and shouting at another to get out because the people had voted for it,” Mr Walters said. “The other parent was clutching her child, terrified and not really understanding what was going on. It was very nasty and unpleasant, and people just stood around gaping as no-one knew what to do.
“We ushered in the children as quickly as we could and the parent was threatened with the police. Eventually, it all calmed down. Exactly what we had feared following the referendum was now happening in our school playground.”
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