One thing we learnt from Boris Johnson's column today and 8 things we didn't

In the wake of the the EU referendum results, the onus is on Boris Johnson to convince the nation that he has a plan, despite the fact a Conservative pro-Brexit MP told Faisal Islam the Brexiteers have no plan.

In Johnson's column in The Telegraph , he attempts to stem the tide of hysteria sweeping through the UK in a post-Brexit reality by making a couple of slightly far-fetched claims.

Here are the ones that remain highly disputable:

1. "At home and abroad the negative consequences are being wildly overdone"

Well, not really...

We're overreacting to a sharp rise in hate crime, apparently.

2. "The pound remains higher than it was in 2013 and 2014"

That's only true if you're looking at the pound against the euro, which has been depressed for years anyway. Against the dollar, we are still at a 31 year low.

3. "The stock market is way above its level of last autumn”

Erm. That's not true. The FTSE 100 is slightly up on last autumn's low, and the FTSE 250 - which is just British investments, is now approaching the trough of February 2016:

4. There was a Scottish independence referendum in 2014, and "I do not detect any real appetite to have another one soon"

Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon, whose country voted overwhelmingly to remain in the EU (62 per cent) has already come out and said she will do everything within her power – including attempting to veto Brexit in parliament, and another referendum – to stay in the EU.

Feels like Scotland has a roaring appetite.

5. Britain will still be a part of the EU's single market

Johnson might try his absolute hardest to negotiate a new free trade agreement with the EU, however the fact remains that in order to be part of the single market, the UK will have to adhere to a strict set of rules set by the EU - not to mention paying in, which is precisely what those who voted leave wanted to put a stop to.

Johnson also appears to be blissfully unaware that the remaining 27 states of the bloc may have other ideas.

6. The EU will still be in “cooperation and partnership” with the UK in the fields of the arts, sciences, the environment and the university

The EU contributed over £100 million in academic funding to the UK in 2013 alone.

The question of how British universities will subsidise this loss has still not been addressed by Johnson - and several bodies have expressed concern over current and planned cross border medical and drug research projects, and new hurdles to international cooperation with experts and labs around Europe.

7. British people will still be able to work, live, buy homes and “settle down” in the EU

This statement operates on the singular assumption that, after Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty is invoked, negotiations with the remaining EU member states will work in the UK’s favour.

The fact is that inheritance and tax laws may change for Britons living in the UK, and they may lose their automatic right to work in the EU and have to apply for blue cards.

Additionally, Britons wishing to work in the EU may be confronted with regulations that stipulate you can be hired only if a candidate from the EU hasn’t been found.

8. "There will be a substantial sum of money which we will no longer send to Brussels, but which could be used on priorities such as the NHS"

Not according to one of Brexit's leading campaigners, Nigel Farage, who admitted that the £350 million a week figure bandied about by Vote Leave was incorrect, and that the campaign should not have implied it would go to the NHS.

So what has Boris Johnson actually told us?

Basically, he lives in Fairy Land, a place of dream-like beauty.

And Brexit campaigners have no idea what to do next.

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