Being a sore loser must be one of the worst personality traits.
Sorry, George, on this occasion I must respectfully disagree with you. "Being a bad loser" is inappropriate behaviour if one has lost a competition. But this was not a competition, it was a referendum, the result of which will affect not only Britain but the whole of Europe and a great deal of the whole world. And if one cares about the future of Britain, and the future of Europe, and the likely impact on much of the world, then I feel that one is entitled to express one's sadness, dismay and despair at finding that Little England has raised two fingers to Europe and told it where to go. Once upon a time Britain was a major power, and could afford to raise two fingers to other nations, but those days are long since past -- we /need/ to be a part of Europe, just as much as Europe needs us to be a part of it. At the moment there are five major power bases world-wide : America, Russia, China, Fundamentalist Islam and Europe. As a Briton, I have no wish to be dominated by any of the first four (think Guant