If Sir Desmond Swayne was asleep during yesterday's Commons debate on Brexit, then he spoke for the nation. People who howl "What about Brexit?", usually from one side or the other against Jeremy Corbyn, are back in the corner of the pub where no one wants to go for fear of meeting them. We Nineties Boys feel right at home in such a hostelry, and this time no one asks us for ID.
Both main parties are fairly representative of the country on this issue. Each has hundreds of MPs, of whom a dozen are hardcore Remainers, half a dozen are hardcore Leavers, and that's it. The Conservative Party could find only an incidental Remainer whom its MPs considered capable of being Leader, and it will do so again to the benefit of Gavin Williamson. No one else will even have enough nominations to get onto the ballot paper.
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