The race to wield the no-deal scalpel

One notable feature of the current Brexit debate is the extent to which no-deal Brexit – pungently described by Martin Wolf this week as “a lunacy wrapped up in a stupidity” (£) - has come to occupy centre stage, whereas it scarcely featured at all during the referendum campaign and is completely different to what leave voters were promised.That shift has been underway for a long while, of course, but it has become pivotal to the Tory leadership contest where being willing to countenance, if not