Why does everything feel so 'flat' in Britain today?

Britain feels remarkably flat at the moment. Is it just me? The other weekend, we travelled over the border into England. It just felt more miserable, flat and depressing. Anecdotally at least, this is one data point among many observations. Britain feels like it is in the middle of a deep crisis of confidence. As a nation it feels like something is going wrong. In England it feels even worse. As…