After five months we are not really any closer to knowing what Brexit means in spite of Mrs May telling us over and over again. The nation is still completely divided. Remainers are in despair and leavers are angry, fearing betrayal.
At least, if nothing else, with each passing week it becomes clearer how difficult Brexit is going to be.
The difficulties are not made easier by the attitude of some of the high profile leavers. They began on June 24th stepping back from many of the promises made in the campaign which all proved worthless. As time went on and the whole economy didn't immediately tank, they criticised those who predicted Brexit would create huge economic problems, even though Article 50 had not and still has not been triggered. Then they attacked the legal challengers to the use of the prerogative and then the high court judges who agreed with the claimants.
Recently, after the autumn statement, they attacked the OBR for giving too gloomy an assessment of the economic outlook and splits are beginning to appear in the conservative party (HERE)
One wonders what it is about the UK that leavers like – if anything?
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