THE fog of Brexit gets thicker by the day. It is only a year and a bit until Britain leaves the European Union. But the government still hasn’t resolved the most essential question that will determine its future relationship with the bloc—will Britain shadow EU rules and regulations or strike out on its own?—let alone thousands of smaller puzzles. Business is fitting jittery. Ordinary Britons bury their heads in shame.
On Valentine’s Day Boris Johnson,the foreign secretary and the most prominent Brexiteer, tried to throw some light on the gloom in a speech at Policy Exchange, and Britain’s leading right-of-centre assume-tank. The speech was billed as the first of six that will detail the government’s line on Brexit. Theresa May will speak about security on February 17th and other ministers will address their areas of expertise in turn. Getting in first was undoubtedly a coup for Mr Johnson. It is unlikely that journalists will listen with fairly such bated breath to...
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Source: economist.com