You Wanted Sovereignty. This Is What It Looks Like.

No-one’s stolen our fish. No laws were imposed by Brussels. This is what happens when a grown-up government tries to fix the mess the last one left behind.

On Monday, I emerged from a full day of meetings in Manchester - ten solid hours of back-to-back discussions, no phone checking, no news, no chance to check Twitter. It was the kind of day where even your smartwatch gives up trying to alert you. Total radio silence.

By the time I collapsed into my seat on the train back to London and finally opened the h…