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Everyone calm down. It was always going to end up in this sort of confrontation. The question was whether we‘d go into it with Remainers or Brexiters perceived to be overreaching. Remainer unity this week forced Johnson into doing the latter; it’s a tactical advantage for Remain.
Johnson has given cover to any Tory backbenchers itching to rebel, focussed Remain minds, weakened his “democracy” argument by casting himself as Emperor, shot his “blame the EU” goose by showing he’s not serious about pursuing a deal. This was a huge strategic miscalculation.
Remain Alliance was loose and cracky. It needed pressure to gel, sustain and ossify into something solid enough to withstand an election. For this pressure to be effective it had to come from outside. Instead of picking at the cracks, Cummings pushed it together. Cheers, Dom!
Arithmetic has not changed in their favour. If anything it’s got worse. Their only path to victory is that we stop resisting, hence the posturing intended to demoralise. It’s nothing but a parody Brexiter haka. Let them bulge their eyes and beat their chests. We have the numbers.
