When will the Brexit episode end? The truth behind PM May's delay tactics

Alternatives to May's Brexit, spanning a no-deal disorderly exit to a second referendum, are more within reach than ever before

If there’s one thing that unites supporters of Brexit and its opponents, the passionate and the apathetic, it is the plaintive question: when will it end? No one can deny that the process of leaving the EU has been extremely trying for the patience of all concerned. It has been a waiting game since the day after the referendum was held on June 23 2016.

There was the wait for a new prime minister in 2016, followed by the wait (complicated by the Gina Miller court case) to trigger article 50 that provides a two-year period for organising