Oh, and talk about a slapdown
From The Economist linked article :
"This is the politics of fantasy, and you can trace it back to Brexit. In the campaign to leave the European Union Mr Johnson promised voters that they could have everything they wanted—greater wealth, less Europe; more freedom, less regulation; more dynamism, less immigration—and that the eu would be knocking on Britain’s door desperate for a deal. It worked so well that fantasy became the Tories’ organising principle."
Methinks The Economist deserves extra brownie points for a pointed article.
Looks like the Remainers were right after all.