Brexit is a nail in the high-street bank’s coffin

Opening a letter from Santander recently, for a moment I get a sense of the kind of popular outrage directed against London and its financial industry – even though the latter benefits me more than most.

My local bank branch, it seems, is closing.

I am subject to one of about 140 UK branch closures, about a fifth of the network, that Santander announced in January.

I picture the kind of boarded-up shopfront that is becoming all too familiar in the British high street.