The elusive will

摘要

POLITICIANS ON BOTH sides of the Brexit divide talk sanctimoniously of the "will of the people". Leavers cite the 17.4m who voted to leave in June 2016, insisting too that most of them want a hard Brexit. Remainers claim opinion is changing, pointing to a march for a "people's vote" in London on March 23rd that drew a purported 1m people, and a petition to revoke Article 50 which has attracted 6m signatories.