And just like that, with a click of the fingers, we’re in a new reality. After all these years of grinding struggle and frustration, the revolution came almost overnight. All of a sudden, the Government accepts that Brexit was a terrible idea and is prepared to say so – repeatedly, plainly and with conviction.

It began during Labour conference with several unrelated comments from Keir Starmer, disparaging Brexit and those who promoted it. This week, it went a step further. A report in The Times revealed that Starmer and Rachel Reeves would be pinning the blame for any coming tax rises on Brexit and using it to take the fight to Nigel Farage.

That was effectively confirmed by Reeves today in a Sky News interview. “There is no doubting that the impact of Brexit is severe and long-lasting,” she said, “and that’s why we are trying to do trade deals around the world”.

You could almost hear the sigh of relief from Labour politicians, as if they could finally stand up and point to the elephant looming over them behind the sofa. “I’m glad that Brexit is a problem whose name we now dare speak,” Health Secretary Wes Streeting said at a book festival this week.

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