It’s hard to remain balanced on Brexit as a journalist when your life is at stake

I’m no longer simply observing, analysing and commenting upon the news, as I did before this madness gripped the country. I’m right at the centre of it

When I sit at my screen on Monday morning my first impulse is to fill it with filthy words.

I’m talking about the ones that push films into 15 ratings (or worse) when they’re included in scripts and would have my editors filling up my copy with asterisks if I actually used them.

As a journalist for The Independent I’m expected to demonstrate a certain decorum when I write, and to ensure the views I express are well thought out and backed by facts. The trouble is that Brexit is such a pervasive and personal issue it is sometimes difficult to maintain a sense of perspective. It’s just too raw for me.