On this bonus episode of World View we bring you reflections on the state of British politics post-Brexit, and on Englishness, immigration and the state of the Union, from the commentator, columnist and former Tory and Thatcher aide, Sir Ferdinand Mount. He has just published a book of his essays on English public figures in the last thirty years, entitled English Voices: Lives, Landscapes, Laments 1985–2015.

Ferdinand spoke to Irish Times News Editor Mark Hennessy.