The Week contest: Brexit delay

This week's question: Britain's exit from the European Union keeps getting delayed because U.K. politicians can't agree on how exactly the country should depart the bloc. Please come up with a psychological term for the syndrome that causes Britons to proclaim loudly that they want to leave the EU, only to repeatedly refuse to do so.
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THE WINNER: "Passive egress-ive"
Connie Snyder, Bellevue, Ohio
SECOND PLACE: "Brexistential crisis"
Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Florida
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THIRD PLACE: "Bye-byer’s remorse"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Fish ’n’ flips"
Barbara James, Bedford, Massachusetts
"Theresa mania"
Drew Fagan, Gualala, California
"May-sochism"
Dean Peterson, Creve Coeur, Illinois
"Pro-crash-the-nation"
Mike Eakin, Billings, Montana
"Push me pull EU syndrome"
Don Walker, Lexington, Massachusetts
"Much adi-EU, then nothing"
John G. Everett, Watertown, Massachusetts
"Stuckhome syndrome"
Paul Buchheit, Chicago
"Euro-sis"
Janine Witte, New Hope, Pennsylvania
"Separation anxiety"
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Indiana
"Border personality disorder"
Dave Grossman, Petaluma, California
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