And conversely, if people look at the final deal and say you know what we're better off in the EU, the game will be up. Because some Brexiteers see this, they are sitting on their hands, some Brexit is better than none they believe.
The EU will not give us great terms - better terms than members get. We can't expect to be in the customs union but outside of free movement without great cost. Just not happening. So at the end of the negotiation, we'll either be paying for access, or will have to allow free movement, and either way we'll have less control (some call this sovereignty).
What will happen? Stalemate, and maybe no Brexit. If so it will have been a monumental waste of time. Yet fascinating, and shows that if there is a national drive for something the nation can be excited and stimulated. Politicians just lack imagination and innovation. There are in fact all sorts of lessons and things to take from Brexit whatever the outcome.
Imagine the nation put this collective analysis and attention into our education system. Deconstructed pedagogy, put real money and thought behind a drive to modernise and develop education in new directions to stimulate the UK. Or it could be a national drive for exports and innovation. Or making the Government ministries effective, lean and efficient. People are hungry for a shake up of stale politics and government, and we're not using media - new and old - to blow the old apart and reinvent it. Education systems are not greatly changed from 100 years ago for example. Politics too. Yet the rest of industry reinvests itself every decade or even every year in newer media. With all this potential, the only revolution we've been offered is to regress on international trade with Brexit and Corbyn's 70s 'revolution'. Neither of which will see the light of day imo, despite their promise and attraction. Both are flawed in different ways.
