It’s a hard sell, but in post-Brexit Britain optimism must become a strategy | Simon Jenkins

Now Project Fear has been shown to be exaggerated, Brexiters must tone down their pessimistic rhetoric too. It’s time to focus on the facts

If I had my way, the new year would start tomorrow. After the purgatory of August as the nation’s holiday, autumnal September is when we return to work, supposedly regenerated. Plans, budgets, accounts and the statistical year should begin then. September, not cheerless January, should be the month of new resolutions.

September is my month for optimism. Las...