A tedious thread? I wouldn't disagree. Brexit was and is a topic sold with great sweeping hand gestures, sunny uplands and a when-I'm-gone-all-this-will-be-yours spirit. But the reality is all in the messy detail, which tends to be tedious.

For example: one suggestion for overcome the electricity supply for Northern Ireland is to send thousand of generators. A real Dunkirk little ships idea, a great dramatic solution.

But then you add in the reality. How much fuel do these need a day to power all of Northern Ireland? Where is that fuel coming from? How do we set up the distribution network to make sure the generators do not run out? Echoing a comment of Iains, where do we get all the tanker drivers, since the ones we have are busy doing their day job? And what will all that cost? Tedious questions, all.