EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

I think he's just come off binging on The City and the City

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/apr/07/the-city-and-the-city-review-bbc-two-sci-fi-crime-fiction-china-mieville

Both cities exist in the same physical space, but remain distinct because citizens of one are taught from childhood to “unsee” the people, buildings and events of the other. Anyone caught crossing these psychological borders, or “breaching”, risks punishment from a merciless and all-powerful authority, confusingly referred to as “Breach”.