Their delusions shattered, moderate and extremist leavers will tear into each other once the reality of exiting the EU is clear
As I write, no puff of white smoke proclaims a done deal. Boris Johnson may drag out his excruciating psychodrama a few days longer, postponing the moment his Brexit is exposed as a sham. The infinite patience of EU negotiators never flags, as they wait for him to succumb to the inevitable, like adults waiting for a child having a tantrum to calm down.
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