Why are 40 hardline MPs setting the tone of the Brexit debate? | Simon Jenkins

The number of die-hard Brexiters is tiny. The vast majority of MPs urgently need to build a cross-party coalition to come up with a coherent plan

In every battle there are die-hards, last-ditchers, merchants of death or glory. Forty Tory MPs are lining up like lemmings to race to the Brexit cliff edge. They are writing an open letter that demands no fancy transitions or economic areas, no single markets, no pseudo-Brexits. For them, Brexit is the second coming. On the appointed day in March 20...