There's still a lot of winners remorse going around regarding Brexit.
Apparently all the troubles are due to remainers.
When Boris Johnson became PM on the 23rd July 2019 the UK was still a member of the EU and all paths were open. Johnson assumed power and was in the driving seat.
Johnson spent the autumn negotiating ( or having negotiated for him ) an EU Withdrawal Agreement. It was entirely up to him and his Brexit cabinet to negotiate the content of the Withdrawal Agreement with the EU.
I don't think any remainers were involved and Johnson was able to try to negotiate any Withdrawal Agreement he wanted with the EU. It was Johnson's choice to base his Withdrawal Agreement on the EU's original proposal with the Irish Sea Border rather than the one May negotiated with the Backstop.
Once Johnson was happy he chose to take that 'Oven Ready Deal' to the nation and hold a General Election in which he promised to 'Get Brexit Done'. He chose to do that rather than extend the Article 50 period.
For the General Election Johnson required all Conservative Candidates up support Brexit or they'd not be a candidate. No remainers there!
Johnson won a resounding victory ( by the vagaries of our FPTP system ) and now has a comfortable 80 seat majority in the House of Commons. Remainers are very definitely not in power now.
What did Johnson chose to do with all that Parliamentary power?
He chose the ram the European Union ( Withdrawal Agreement ) Act through Parliament at near breakneck speed. There were few days of debate and then the Act became law, the Withdrawal Agreement was ratified with the EU and became binding international law. The associated Political Declaration was agreed and set an agreed direction for trade deal negotiations but no guarantee of a trade deal.
At 11pm GMT on the 31st of January 2020 the UK ceased being an EU member and under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement entered the Transition Period.
Johnson had 'Got Brexit Done' and no remainers were involved.
Unless extended the Transition Period ends at 11pm on the 31st December 2020 and the EU's Customs Union and Single Market responsibilities and benefits cease. If there's a trade deal in place then it comes into effect and if there is not then one won't and we'll trade without one.
The UK Government and the EU, delayed a little by COVID19, entered into trade deal talks and we've been there ever since. Again, no remainers are involved.
The pace of trade talks has been slow, partly due to COVID19 and partly due to disagreements between the UK and the EU. The EU suggested extending the Transition Period. Johnson chose very firmly to not extend the Transition Period and allowed the Withdrawal Agreement clause allowing for that to lapse. Again, no remainers were involved.
We've now got to a point where Brexit MPs are objecting to the contents of the Withdrawal Agreement and want it torn up or renegotiated. Apparently the deal they signed up to support, campaign for in the General Election and voted through Parliament is not so wonderful at all. Again, no remainers are involved.
Finally, the UK Government has now decided to write domestic law that attempts to unilaterally change the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement. To say that the EU and member states are not impressed is an understatement. Yet again, no remainers are involved.
In spite of this lack of involvement of remainers, apparently there are many Brexiters who think all these Brexit troubles are the fault of remainers.
I think that many are choosing to shoot the messengers and try to ignore their messages.
It's almost as if there's a belief that if remainers had not been vocal about the problems of Brexit the EU members would never have realised these problems existed and addressed them!
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