EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

There was an Economist article several, (6 or 7?), years ago, that predicted that the discussion of the UK's continued membership of the EU would re-align Westminster.

It predicted that the rabid brexitty wing of the Tory party, (which would the include out&out racists who voted BNP in previous elections), would be left behind by the centrist Tories, at initially a cost of some 10s of parliamentary seats, (currently hardline ERG members), but these constituencies would drift back to the continuing parties as the UK seldom sustains more than 14-15% for the extreme Right, (witness voters deserting BNP & Ukip councillors once they prove to be useless/ineffective/unable to deliver their campaign slogans).
The article continued with a suggestion that the ContinuityBlairite faction would see some defections to a Tory party shorn of its 'swivel-eyed loons', and a more Socialist Labour party, (but no prediction of Jeremy Corbyn). It was written when the LibDems were still viable, so they also split with many of the Orange Book Liberals becoming the Tories they always were.

The article seemed to be predicated upon the falsehood that the 'Tories are the natural party of Power', and that once the numbers added up, (Blairites-kippers >zero), the 'Men in Grey Suits' that run the Tories would have no compunction in casting off the rabid rightwingers.

It certainly fits the evidence of a large setion of TMay's conference speech that was a loveletter to disgruntled Labour backbenchers.