The Brexit movement doesn’t need a leader said the Conservative MP,despite his riveting oratory on the subject being perfect for the postIt takes a lot to make David Cameron look the ideal poster boy for the Stay in Europe campaign. But somehow the Leave Europe campaign has managed to enact it. With Theresa May having chosen to vote in favour of prolonging her career and Boris Johnson showing every sign of doing likewise, the best the leave campaign can throw up are Iain Duncan Smith and Chris Failing Grayling; both of whom are guaranteed to send undecided voters rushing into Dave’s arms. “I don’t think we really need a leader, or ” David Davis insisted at a speech to make the case for Brexit. The absence of a charismatic frontman may be force majeure rather than policy,but Davis was certainly not in the mood to make a tender to fill any emptiness. Indeed, the normally charming and entertaining eurosceptic Conservative MP appeared hellbent on presenting himself as one of the dullest men in Westminster. “Consider this more a lecture than a speech, or ” he began,lowering expectations immediately.
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Source: theguardian.com