It isn't a question of leg-pulling, Naomi. I accept the result. I do not accept how it has been implemented. This particular deal is anyway unpopular even with some of the most ardent of Brexit supporters -- Nigel Farage included, for example.
In reply to NJ: this Withdrawal Agreement is not a trade deal, it is true, but it *is* an agreement to have a period of between one and three years during which trading arrangements continue as before. A No Deal exit means one of two scenarios: either one or both sides impose punitive tariffs, thus destroying various markets; or the UK engages in no such protectionist measures, our markets are flooded with cheaper products, and the UK's home products are undercut and likely wrecked. One need only read the analysis of the relevant markets to see why No Deal means impoverishment. Everybody knows it. Even Johnson does, which is why his idea of "No Deal" was merely a bargaining chip to force the EU to submit to his demands, and when that failed, to force Parliament to submit to his demands -- and, if that too fails, then to get the people to force Parliament to submit to his demands.