Something can be massive without being obvious, as I learned by having a heart attack. At some level I knew what was up, but really not wanting a heart attack seemed like a compelling reason why I wasn’t having one. It pushes the metaphor too far to say that Brexit broke my heart. Johnson’s winning formula was to downgrade the promise of Brexit from reward to relief, which was easier to deliver and still sounded marvellous. On Friday we cross the threshold where Brexit must breathe the same air as other political projects.

Source: The Guardian January 29, 2020 06:56 UTC