The Promise.

“Ultimately it will be the judgement of the British people in the referendum that I promised and that I will deliver.  You will have to judge what is best for you and your family, for your children and grandchildren, for our country, for our future.  It will be your decision whether to remain in the EU on the basis of the reforms we secure, or whether we leave.  Your decision.  Nobody else’s.  Not politicians’.  Not Parliament’s.  Not lobby groups’.  Not mine.  Just you.  You, the British people, will decide.  And it will be the final decision.”   

I think David Cameron was pretty clear what the referendum was all about.  I hope he now takes time to remind Mrs May the promise he made to the people of the UK.  No betrayal.  No dereliction of duty.

So why has Mrs May instructed Mark Sedwill, the Cabinet Secretary, to tell the civil service to "wind down" worst-case scenario no-deal planning after the European Union imposed a further six-month Brexit delay?   Surely she should be instructing quite the opposite.

Crispin Blunt, MP, said the end of no-deal planning represented a "complete betrayal" of the referendum and described the move as a "dereliction of duty".   

Whether you are a Remainer or Leaver, if you are a democrat, he’s right.