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For the prime minister’s Europhobe supporters, Brexit has become nothing less than a religion. But it will never be the road to paradise
This was the third People’s Vote march I have joined – the most sombre, with the blackest humour. We could all read the runes: the best we could hope for was deferring the vote. Instinctive Tory tribalism and Jeremy Corbyn’s endless temporising had delivered insufficient momentum to muster parliamentary support for a second referendum.
Still, we cheered at the news that Oliver Letwin’s procedural deferment to avoid no deal had passed. But we knew that in a few weeks, barring Boris Johnson’s lies being quickly exposed, or his misplaying of the politics again, it could all be over – and a new fight that could last years would begin. To rejoin. Continue reading...