At some point ERG Tory MPs and their Brexiter allies in the media need go get their heads around the reality that negotiations between states are a test of power rather than a debating contest

"Oh wow, that's an amazing debating point. Of course we'll drop our demands that you drop barriers to our farm exports" said no US, EU or Chinese trade negotiator ever

Being a debating society champion doesn't help you much if your opponent has the muscle and is willing to use it

Leadership factions that control your ruling party that have little or no experience of how power works in street politics are going to struggle in an environment in which they cannot control process or discourse