Maybe if we could have imagined the mess we are in now, we might not have got into it.
Potentially, an unelected (generally), gaff-prone, Trumpesque person whose own side have to keep him away from the limelight, could be crowned unopposed as PM, having been the worst Foreign Secretary we've ever had; forces through a No Deal Brexit on the premise of "only really meaning it as a threat to make the EU grant concessions".... but, oops, so we'll just have to revive that old wartime spirit with powdered eggs and fuel rationing.
Jobs lost, supply chains disrupted, riots, trouble in Ireland, trouble at ports, widespread bribery and smuggling and Britain losing the last vestiges of international and political respect.
Sadly, not so impossible as it would have seemed a year ago.
Very good post on Mumsnet and thanks for sharing it Varian.