Theresa May’s weak position allows compromise

THOUGH it’s almost 15 months since Britain voted 48/52 to leave the European Union, the stridency and deliberate dishonesty of the campaign seems as fresh as ever. How could it be otherwise?

Every step, no matter how faltering, along the long, difficult way to divorce seems to exacerbate personal or philosophical differences.

Each dismissed have-your-cake-and-eat-it position paper deepens delusion and, in a small country with so much to lose, adds to the concern about how our economy will be affected.