We are leaving the EU; the details will out as the process takes its course. Why is that so hard to grasp? It’s not, of course. Most of the high-profile critics of the Prime Minister are fiercely intelligent and they understand entirely how Brexit works. They just don’t want it to happen. So they take every bit of bad news, every bump in the road as an excuse to shout: “Stop the car! Reverse, reverse!”

I don’t blame them for feeling this way – their sense of principle is not in question. What is irritating is the disguise of opposition to Brexit as something else. For instance, they are all now fans of parliamentary sovereignty and insist that Parliament debate Brexit. These are people who for forty years were happy to let Brussels dictate UK legislation. No, they are not reasserting the power of Parliament. They are using Parliament in a last ditch attempt to overturn the result of the referendum. They seem to imagine that they can talk this thing out until the next election. And what would happen then? The Tories would be returned with a huge majority and get on with Brexit anyway.

Why? Because the people want Brexit. It was a democratic choice, not a coup by ideologues. During that referendum the British voters were told all the risks – and a few fantasies of apocalypse – and they still went for it. It sometimes feels as if the only politician who has grasped this fact is Theresa May. I share the concern that the Government sometimes fails to spell out its stance on business or immigration, that this plainly has an effect upon that skittish old maid we call The City. But I trust that behind closed doors she will work to get the best deal for the country. The fact that she – almost alone – understands what the country wants is a very good sign.