If we had voted Remain then I would have been urging us to join the Euro and fully embrace the entire project. Because what was the point of us being in the EU otherwise? One of the reasons I was so in favour of the referendum was that our position of only having one foot in made less and less sense. We either had to be on the out or inside fully.

The issue had to be settled. And it was. But a vote for Remain had to mean we truly embraced the entire EU project.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

Freedom of movement. The entire 'Anti Racist' hysteria/notion became so embedded in the Lefts collective identity that a desire to leave the EU became synonymous with being anti-migrant hence why the EU could only be a good thing. Throw in a weakening Trade Union movement, which had always been largely in favour of the 'British jobs for British workers' trope, and you had a Left that was able to go off on an almost onanistic at times feeding frenzy that morphed into near hysteria, elevating the EU to this paragon of virtue, at least on this particular issue, which dwarfed all the others.

In many ways, Lexit made far more sense than the Tories championing our departure from the EU and a majority of Tory MP's were essentially Remain all the time, helped in great measure by the level of lobbying/corruption they were open to from big business who hate Brexit with a passion.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

Blunt but true and ultimately prophetic of the country which has changed beyond recognition from the one I was born into.