In 1851 after the First Schleswig War, the Danish public made the crucial mistake of thinking they had defeated the Germans, not just a somewhat supported local army in the Southern duchies Slesvig and Holsten. 1/
This mistake came back to bite the nation as Bismarck turned his actual attention on the duchies in 1864, with a catastrophic rout as the result. This rout was completely predictable - unless you thought you had already defeated "The Germans" once before. 2/
The lesson in this is the old pusher saying: "Don't get high on your own supply". 3/
The Brexit elite are about to experience what that feels like. They have not defeated the EU. The EU hasn't even fought because it wasn't their battle. The Brexit elite have won a battle against a local army. That's all. 4/
But now the EU will actually focus. Because now it IS their battle. But the Brexit elite are high on their own supply, and unless they sober up fast, he rout will be catastrophic. 5/
This is not over. Not by a long shot. In a sense, it hasn't even begun. 6/6
