Explain this to me if you can...cause I am at a loss...

[Denzil_DC]

1. It's never made sense, so don't expect any now.

The deliberate strategy of the Leave campaigns was to be vague about what Leave meant. That continued once May took power - "Leave means leave" and "A red, white and blue Brexit" etc. It's one reason next to nothing got done about it for the best part of three years and why we're where we are now.

The moment they tried to nail it down and define it so that it could be acted upon, all hell broke loose. May's Chequers cabinet meeting agreement lasted barely a day before it prompted major dissent and resignations, most notably Johnson's.

Unfortunately, the vagueness allowed mission creep, where airy promises from various leaders in the Leave campaigns of an orderly and calculated withdrawal and continued membership of the Customs Union or an EFTA-type deal have gradually transformed to the current situation where the only "true Brexit" is no deal at all.

It's ironic now to hear Farage pointing out something we Remainers have been banging on about from the start: any relationship with the EU short of membership means the UK will be a rule-taker, not a rule-maker, "sovereignty" be damned.