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10 Downing Street

The Brexit Threat

If relations between Boris Johnson and Whitehall are today less than cordial, the friction stems from the fact that most civil servants believe Brexit was a mistake and are now approaching it in terms of damage limitation.

Towards No. 10

Beyond the sniper attacks at the personal level must lie what they call the “deal-making” in the corridors and backrooms of Westminster.

Mr Johnson’s agenda

It is pretty obvious that Mr Johnson has, for the first time, been remarkably robust on the emotive issue ~ “I think our friends and partners need to understand that the money is going to be retained until such time as we have greater clarity about the way forward.”