Now Brexit is flipping?

[Pope George Ringo II]

5. Ask Leo Varadkar. His vote is a little more equal than others.

The conventional wisdom is that Brexit is bad for the EU, awful for Ireland, and catastrophic for the UK. It's true that lots of Brits have behaved quite horribly on the subject, and that does generate a desire to stick it to the country which wanted in with special conditions, now wants out with special conditions, spends most of its time and effort negotiating with itself except when it tries to strike bilateral deals with individual EU states, etc. But the bottom line is that an exit from Brexit is good for the EU in general and spectacularly good for both the peace and prosperity of Ireland, so the EU would almost certainly let the whole thing go as temporary insanity because they'll act like adults and put the best interests of member states ahead of revenge. Never mind the undesirability of creating an economic basket case in your midst.

Put that all together, and it really doesn't matter that there are technical and legal arguments both ways on revoking Article 50. The 800 pound gorilla in the conversation is that if the political will is there to reverse it, it dies.

Full disclosure. I'm a citizen of both the UK and Ireland, as well as the US.