If shambolic government turned leavers into remainers, Britain would have decided long ago not to bother with Brexit. But that isn’t how it works. The sight of Theresa May failing to organise a departure from the EU proves that she is unequal to the task, not necessarily that the task should be abandoned. For many Eurosceptics, it has the opposite effect. They see the fact that Brexit has broken a stolid prime minister as confirmation that gung-ho leadership is the missing ingredient.
The same applies with deadlock and procedural mayhem in parliament. Pro-Europeans cheer when a majority of MPs vote that the country should not be yanked out of the EU without a deal. They salute the Speaker of the House John Bercow when he uses ancient protocol as a bat, thwacking May’s twice-rejected withdrawal agreement out of the Commons chamber without another vote. In the eyes of a remainer, this is the legislature defying of bad government; democracy in action. The leaver sees rogue lawmakers obstructing the popular will; democracy betrayed. Few minds are being changed.
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