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“Boris Johnson, I voted for you but I don’t agree with what you are doing now”

“Boris Johnson, I voted for you but I don’t agree with what you are doing now” . I cannot say that, and never will. I did not vote for Boris Johnson or for anything he proposed.   But can you, should you? Or – can you justify staying silent? There are reasonable people who voted Tory, to "Get Brexit Done". I know some of them.  In this blog, I want to challenge rational Leavers who intend, as so many of their number, to stay silent. As ever, comments that are reasonable, respectful, reliable and relevant are welcomed.  “I’m glad we have got Brexit done now”. We have “got Brexit done” in the same way that leaving school and starting to attend university equates to getting a degree, or that getting planning permission equates to getting a house built. (It doesn’t). Brexit always meant more than a Withdrawal Agreement - all the Leavers told us that. Conventional programme management tells us that we have not finished until we have a sustainable operation. “Get