Thread by @rolandmcs

Why have so few Leavers given up on Brexit despite Leave MPs and other Leave figures in a daily war with facts, reality & reason?

I suggest it's because one can't just say it's botched and stop there. It requires 'confessions' - even if only to oneself. A high bar. /1

In particular, main Leave narratives:
1. were wrong, e.g. fastest deal in history etc.
2. never accounted for Northern Ireland.
3. never properly considered customs.
4. relied on a very small number of 'house experts' e.g. Minford, North, Howe, Rotherham to underpin them. /2

In other words, a level of wrongness that was gratingly evident to opponents all the way back to the start of the referendum campaign.

It's *not* just a wrongness arising from these specific circumstances brought about by the May Govt.

Again, a high bar. /3

But there are face-saving alternatives that avoid the high bar.

1. *Do* suggest the impasse is due to these specific circumstances brought about by May.
2. Call for a long extension to Art50 (c.2 years).
3. Or call for the Revoke-and-disrupt option.
/4

But do NOT:

1. Support May's Deal (because you now understand it's a pig in a poke).
2. Push No Deal in any serious way (indeed you now have good reason to 'give up' on No Deal). /5

A Martian arriving here and observing the political scene might notice that some Leavers are now doing these things.

I'm sure it's just a coincidence. /ends