The election campaign of Boris Johnson – PM and ‘Minister for the Union’ – is run on a slogan of ‘getting Brexit done’ on the strength of his ‘oven ready’ deal. Meanwhile, from saner quarters, Donald Tusk, the outgoing president of the European council, sent a message of solidarity to remainers, citing no less of an authority than Hannah Arendt: ‘The UK election takes place in one month. Can things still be turned around? Hannah Arendt taught that things become irreversible only when people start to think so. ‘
