‘Get Brexit done’ is this election’s biggest lie | Simon Jenkins

Leaving the EU will be only the start of a long and tortuous process. For Johnson to claim anything else is pure fantasy

Vote Tory to “get Brexit done’’ says an increasingly manic Boris Johnson. Yes, a Tory victory at this week’s election would confirm the UK’s departure from the councils of the EU. But it would not “get Brexit done”. Far from it. It would clarify almost nothing. That is the big lie of this election.

Everyone knows that Britain simply cannot leave the EU without a trade deal...