Voters have concluded that leaving the EU was a mistake because all the government can offer is damage limitation.

A party that has defined itself in opposition to the EU will be left marooned by an ever-more pro-European electorate.

The party’s refusal to make an unashamed case for rejoining the EU is bewildering.

Rather than starting a trade war with the EU, the UK needs to forge a practical and constructive relationship.

Brexit is forecast to do more permanent damage to the economy than Covid. But this self-inflicted wound can be healed.