Brexiteers are up in arms. After a hard-fought referendum in 2016, not to mention a gruelling and unnecessary general election the following year, many of us believed that, finally, Brexit would be happening. The past 18 months, therefore, have been deeply disappointing.

It feels like a betrayal. Not just of tens of thousands of dedicated and passionate Conservative activists, but of the 17.4 million voters who put their trust in our democracy — and my party. The nation spoke. It expected its voice to be heard, its instructions to be heeded. Now, all of us who believe so strongly in Brexit — a full, proper Brexit, which takes back control of our laws, our money and our borders — are finding ourselves ignored.

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