What’s the real reason for the hold-up in the police’s Brexit probe?

Brexiteers are occasionally depicted as being a little paranoid. If you listen to some elite critics of Brexit, you would think that a sizeable chunk of those who voted to Leave are sharing dodgy anti-George Soros memes long into the night. You might think, too, that a few Brexit voters see elite stitch-ups everywhere and never let the truth get in the way of their anti-Brussels prejudices. But if there is a paranoid style in British politics at the moment, it is not being practised by the 17.4million. It’s coming from that small set of elite Remainers in politics and the media who are resorting to desperate measures in their campaign to overturn the referendum result and stop Brexit. 

Just look at the recent spat between the Metropolitan Police and a ragtag group of plucky Remainer conspiracy theorists. When the blame for Brexit couldn’t quite be pinned on the superior meme-making of Russian bots or the mind-control techniques of Cambridge Analytica, fire has been turned on the police instead. The plod haven’t outright been blamed for Brexit.