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has real star-power.
But his arguments are thin
-in-chief
THE fog of Brexit gets thicker by the day. 
strike out on its own
still hasn’t resolved the most important question that
Business is becoming jittery. 
bury their heads in shame.
tried to throw some light on the gloom in
address their areas of  expertise in turn.
took the opportunity to remind the public of what a political star he is. 
. His reputation has taken a double blow recently.
hate him as the face of Leave. 
who is a fountain of ideas. 
light up the room like few others
about the extraordinary activities of
But in demonstrating his own star power he reminded his audience of two things.
own lack of pizzazz
is everything that she is not:
outgoing where she is inward-looking, clever with words where she is pedestrian and gung-ho where she is dithering. 
how little progress has been made with
with the Remainers putting up a rather better fight than they did in
instead of drawing up an exit plan.
on the Leave side,
also offered the hand of friendship in an odd way.
offer a “soft” exit,
championed the hardest possible option, 
strike its own trade deals and set its own standards.
was being sincere. 
he has a magic formula for bringing the country together with something that he calls liberal Brexit.
provide both sides with what they want most: 
trumpeted his speech as an attempt to
do not survive even a gentle anatomisation.
The most basic problem is that
voted for more state and less market.
offers little to
free up cash for
is naive to the point of  irresponsibility about
will entail significant economic costs. 
is holding back
pettifogging rules
turning themselves into global rather than just regional powerhouses. 
is right that reuniting Britain after the trauma of the referendum is the most important task facing the country. 
“a hardening of the mood” 
“deepening of the anger”. 
People who have been friends for decades don’t speak. 
is not so much a unifying vision as a pipe dream.