Did you march for a second, “people’s” referendum in the hope of fending off Brexit? Are you banking on a fresh slew of ministerial resignations and the new political balance in the Johnson family to clinch the argument? And might you then be expecting a civilised, fact-based campaign to reverse the result of June 2016?
Well, I hate to disappoint you. But even in the unlikely event that the prime minister executes a U-turn on a new referendum (or someone does it for her), that civilised, fact-based campaign is not going to happen. How do I know? Because I spent some time this weekend with the Bruges Group, at its conference “Brexit or Bust” – and if you thought the Brexiteers of middle England were going to roll over quietly and accept either a new vote or a different majority, you are grievously mistaken. To a man and woman they are livid, even in the anticipation.
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