Coffee House Top 10: Ivan Rogers: no deal is now the most likely Brexit outcome

We’re closing 2019 by republishing our ten most-read articles of the year. Here’s No. 10: Ivan Rogers’s article from June on the prospect of a no-deal Brexit:

We all know this is a great country. Sadly, it’s one currently very poorly led by a political elite, some masquerading as non-elite, which has great difficulties discerning and telling the truth. I am discouraged by just how badly Brexit has been handled to date, and currently pessimistic that this is going to get any better any time soon. I am worried that the longer the sheer lack of seriousness and honesty, the delusion mongering goes on, the more we imperil our long-term prospects.

It is not patriotism to keep on failing to confront realities and to make serious choices from the options which exist, rather than carrying on conjuring up ones which don’t. So I thought what I should do today is offer you candid advice on:

• Why I believe ‘no deal’ is now the probability.