It’s three years since the European referendum, so it’s worth taking a moment to think about how far we have come since then.

Article 50 was triggered despite the government having no plan for Brexit, putting a ticking clock on our exit and instantly weakening our negotiating position.

A chaotic negotiation ensued, briefly interrupted by an even more chaotic general election in which the Prime Minister lost all authority and weakened her own negotiating position even further.

The Conservative Party indulged in a bitter civil war, with extremists and fantasists on one side and those who favour only a mildly less destructive Brexit on the other, and anyone with even a vaguely moderate position made politically homeless.

All of this enabled by a fatally divided