I'll let you into a secret..

Virtually all MPs - whether Tory or Labour - despise Brexit.
Even many of those well known as Brexiters hate it.

The whole thing is performance.
But they all know honesty about the greatest f*ck-up in post-war history is pointless...at this stage.
So here's how it'll go:

We've left EU, so they all have to pretend we're going to make a success of it.
But actually all parties will spend next 2 decades getting back to Single Market status without saying it.

Then we'll rejoin.
& have to join Euro.

Its all been for nothing.
3/

Nobody can say this publicly otherwise entire UK political system looks ridiculous.
People will feel stupid.

Brexit itself will have likely cost UK economy £500 Bn by 2030.

How can you explain this to people?

You can't.
How could you?

Its the cost of 10 million degrees.
4/

No apolgies for repeating this:

+Brexit is the cost of 10 million degree courses+

The entire young population for the next half a century to come educated in science, maths whatever.

The biggest educational explosion since renaiassence.

But no, instead we're doing Brexit.
5/

..& the really funny thing - the kicker..:

the UK's political parties Tories & Labour will spend the next 2 deacdes reversing Brexit, 1st thru alignment, then rejoining.

The entire thing - the entire UK - is now undertaking this performance simply to hide its embarassment.
Everyone - by this I mean everyone in media, politics, business - knows this.

Its not controversial.
Rejoin is controversial now, but no one informed seriously doubts UK will attempt to get back to single market status & align with EU.

So Brexit now is simply a performance.
Some dont believe this.
What about those angry Brexit MPs?

Well you'd be angry if you're reminded publicly the thing you spent your whole life calling for cost the country £500Bn, destroys UK & will likely be overturned eventually anyway.

Who wants to be reminded of that?
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