The Brexit saga concluded in a predictably dramatic manner. The Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the UK was completed at the 11th hour, just days before the end of the transition period. The preceding days bore the hallmarks of discourse that verged between the stage managed...

Brexit was drama and dramatic in equal measure. The referendum was initially promised in January 23 2013 and took place on June 23 2016. In the intervening years the issue remained largely in the political background, casting the occasional shadow, but rarely if ever dominating debate outside a...