5 December 2018

Tory Brexiteers are deluded to believe they have a better option than Theresa May’s deal

There is no parliamentary majority for a harder Brexit - Leavers’ true quarrel is with reality, not the Prime Minister.

The denouement of the Brexit epic finds Remainers and Leavers joined in strange unity. Both have vowed to defeat Theresa May’s deal next Tuesday; both insist that this will serve their interests.

Leavers hope to advance an alternative plan (or embrace the apocalypse of no-deal), Remainers hope to secure a second referendum, a general election or a Norway-style agreement.They cannot both be right.