Sovereigns

OK, it isn't much, but it is heartening that at least one Leave supporter has woken up from the dream that was spun during the referendum campaign. As she says,  “We moan about the EU and the people in charge over there - but look what we’ve got here."

The problem is that she no longer has a vote. She used the only one that she was allowed, she let the siren song of our cuddly Boris seduce her, and she voted to steer HMS Britannia into the shoals of Brexit.

Ironically there will be no second referendum, and her MP - her democratic representative in Parliament - will not have a vote on the final deal. Her regret is pointless. We are not allowed to change our minds. Ironic because the cry of the Brexiteers as they waved their flag of free trade was "DEMOCRACY!". And what does democracy mean for them? They told us: “If a democracy cannot change its mind, it ceases to be a democracy.”

So what are we heading for? What do these part-time self-styled democrats intend? Why is a core aim to throw aside the European Court of Justice? A court that an EU citizen can appeal to if they fear their national government is being unjust. Why did the Brexiteers call for judges to be dismissed when a ruling displeased them? Why do they support a Repeal Bill giving the government unparalleled power to change the law at will without oversight by our elected representatives?

Their other rallying cry was 'sovereignty' - and of course the powers the Repeal Bill would grant are ones another sovereign, King Henry VIII, granted himself. He also broke with the Continent, he also put himself above the law, his supporters murdered in his name. I had thought that we had dispensed with sovereigns, but is their time here again?