The enemy within.
Brexit was going to lead to more wealth, more power and more influence for the UK, it would set the country free in a blaze of glory and almost unbelievable economic wealth as the shackles of Brussels were cut from its feet.
But with an 80 seat majority, a cabinet of true believers and all the power of the state available why has this not happened?
It must have been betrayed, by a hidden foe naturally, because all the levers of power are in the hands of the Brexiteers. So it has to be hidden. Therefore there must an enemy within, the woke, politically correct, remain supporting elite are sabotaging the glorious revolution. The Guardian reading judges, the malign mandarins, the lefty lecturers and traitorous Trots.
Even their pessimism is enough to deny the country the benefits of Brexit, a concept that gives new meaning to Voodoo economics.
Just like Emmanuel Goldstein in 1984 this invisible foe explains all failures and is the target for all true patriots’ hate.
The whipping up of hatred, fear and paranoia is always dangerous, but useful to a cynical few if they want to hide their utter failure.
Since the pain of Brexit is just beginning; then, so too, is this attack on the enemy within.
Economics, trade and Brexit, not necessarily in that order but the dog always comes first.