Inch by inch or, as the EU would prefer, centimetre by centimetre, this country is being drawn back into the dreary orbit of Brussels.
There was never really very much doubt that the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer regretted our departure.
Earlier in his career he was open about this. But after the decisive referendum nine years ago, things have become harder and harder for those who believe the country is better off when controlled by foreign courts and foreign officials.
They know that any direct attempt to overturn that vote will meet with fierce resistance and many of them made fools of themselves by demanding such a re-run and calling it a 'People's Vote', as if those who had taken part in the original referendum had not been the people.
Sir Keir himself unsuccessfully campaigned for a second EU referendum as Labour's shadow Brexit secretary under Jeremy Corbyn. This approach has now quite plainly flopped.
