I wonder whether it is finally getting through to the Brexit enthusiasts, as apparently it finally is to Jacob Rees Mogg, that leaving the European Union does indeed offer us less control than being a member on the highly favourable terms that we have succeeded in negotiating over the past forty years.
The deal that Theresa May is suggesting is indeed much worse than membership because we lose our place at the decision making table and become a "rule taker". We would equally be a "rule taker" if we crashed out with no agreement as he has advocated. The best option would obviously be to stay on as a member and seek to shape the European Union from within.
It was said that the Good Friday Agreement was Sunningdale for slow learners; perhaps the Brexit process could be EU Membership for slow learners.
The signs, however, are that this is instead developing into a "stab in the back theory" that Brexit would have been marvellous if only there had not been a betrayal by Theresa May. That view depends on ignoring the consensus view that all forms of Brexit hurt us economically by cutting us off from our main export markets.
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