As a remainer who has grown up among traditional Conservatives where anti-Europe instincts run deep, I was deeply affected by reading Peter Oborne’s heartfelt piece this week in which he suggested that Brexit may need “rethinking altogether”. Was this, finally, a pivotal moment? Reading it repeatedly on Sunday night, I even sacrificed Line of Duty.
Oborne is the former political editor of the Daily Telegraph, a prominent and respected Brexiter and a lifelong Conservative. And here he was with quiet intelligence talking directly to his fellow Eurosceptics, persuading them to take a breath, swallow their pride and consider again. “We will never be forgiven if and when Brexit goes wrong. Future generations will look back at what we did and damn us.” He and his wife have five children, so for him this is not metaphorical.
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