Both Labour and the Tories have gone awol on Brexit | Matthew d’Ancona

One party insists Brexit is a distraction, the other is fixated on a leadership contest. But for the voters there is no exit hatch

In her book Wilful Blindness, Margaret Heffernan writes that we “mostly admit the information that makes us feel great about ourselves, while conveniently filtering whatever unsettles our fragile egos and most vital beliefs”.

In everyday life, this is often an impediment to sound decision-making. At the apex of politics, it is a psychological phenomenon that can inflict serious damage upon a nation. And in the case of the Brexit crisis, both main parties are now firmly in its toxic grip.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2VWY1le