The party fixates on one issue, hitching its integrity and reputation for competence to a project that will bring ridicule
If there is a better illustration of the need to be careful what you wish for than this week’s Conservative conference, I haven’t seen it. The Birmingham symphony hall is packed with people who campaigned for Brexit, are getting Brexit, and look most unhappy about it. In less than six months, the UK’s membership of the EU ends, yet the sect that should be quivering in anticipation of Eurosceptic rapture is glum in Brum.
It would be wrong to say the Tories are panicking. They are at the brittle stage immediately before panic, just about holding it together. Ministers wear the taut stares of people who might burst into maniacal laughter or hysterical tears. The terms of EU withdrawal are due to be finalised within weeks and talks are at an impasse. There is not a deal available that can satisfy the whole of the Conservative party, avoid incinerating relations with our continental neighbours, and avert economic chaos.
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