Good analysis. Though I see I did doubt at the time that the EU would betray the Republic: it just didn't sound like something they'd do.

I do recall something else from the Tories as nasty in the same way as the "Would you trust" Corbyn posters: the "evil eye" Tony Blair posters.

Constituency border changes: I thought in the UK these were done by neutral commissions. How could BoJo influence those? Or are you saying that neutral changes would favour the Tories for demographic reasons?