With a headwind beginning to freshen and the sound of creaking timbers the mighty ship Brexit begins to turn slightly. After all the claims made in the referendum campaign and afterwards it now seems the government is setting a new course on immigration (HERE) and on payments into EU coffers (HERE) and (HERE). With a bit more realism on the horizon it is not impossible to see we might accept judgements of the ECJ on matters affecting the single market or at minimum some supranational legal body to adjudicate disputes.
On this basis, the difference between the status quo and our future relationship with the EU will be virtually zero and many people will wonder what it was all for.
The Lib-Dems won a stunning by election in Zac Goldsmith's constituency last night (HERE), overturning a 23,000 conservative majority, the candidate standing on an openly pro EU ticket and promising to vote against Brexit. Who knows where we will end up?
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