Imagine that you are a London businessman doing extensive business with EU countries. Jeremy Corbyn has just announced that he supports a very soft Brexit, while the government keeps staggering on to what looks like a disaster. What do you do?
On the one hand, you know that Corbyn, in his heart of hearts, hates capitalists like you. You can expect nothing good from him. On the other hand, the government doesn’t know what it’s doing, and Corbyn would have to govern in a coalition that would restrain the worst of his impulses.
It’s a tough choice. My guess is that British business will continue to support the Conservatives and hope that sanity prevails in the end. It may not.