There is hope: Brexit has few zealots and many floating voters | William Keegan

As some hard economic truths become clear, the many ideologically uncommitted Britons who chose to leave may start changing their minds

My football team, AFC Wimbledon, may be languishing down in the third division, as it was once called, but the Conservative MP for Wimbledon, Stephen Hammond, showed himself to be in the Premier League last week.

In that refreshing, surprising vote on Thursday, he and his fellow Tory rebels stood up to be counted in the cause of parliamentary democracy. By voting against Theresa May’s plan to prevent parliament from having the last say on whether the terms of any Brexit deal should be accepted, they joined the noble ranks of “mutineers” and “enemies of the people”.

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from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2CJGYXr