The Tory Brexiters find themselves united with Tory Remainers and the EU in losing patience

A second EU referendum would bring a couple of months of hell—but Brexit would be incalculably worse

Ministers are slowly forging a consensus—around an outcome that is legally, politically and practically impossible

After eighteen long months, the government has for the first time privileged pragmatism over ideology

The government has mishandled things so badly that the content of the papers is now secondary to the chaos around their release

In short, economic misery

Certainly, politics is vital; but much more importantly, this is a legal process

Brussels has no interest in throwing the UK off the cliff—unless we insist on jumping

Transitional deals have at this point become a glaring distraction

Article 50 receives far more attention—but a clause from a different treaty could prove the sticking point in the Brexit process