Division makes May's Italian job harder
15 months have elapsed since the referendum and Britain is loitering uncomfortably on the starting block, writes Susan O'Keeffe
What is the matter with the Tories? Really, what is the matter with them! They have spent the last four decades arguing among themselves over Europe, sovereignty and the Union Jack, warm bitter and cricket. Then they finally leaped over the Brexit cliff with those immortal words: ‘Brexit means Brexit.’ And guess what? They are still arguing among themselves about Europe.
Of course these arguments matter much more now that they did before because, now, the arguments are real and they are disrupting an already crippled set of negotiations. They matter too because the protagonists arePrime Minister Theresa May and her Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson – the weak leader versus the wannabe boss.
