The UK’s Brexit negotiators are powered by little more than hope

David Davis and Liam Fox may believe that Britain can have its cake and eat it, but few others doDon’t worry, the Brexiters say – when the negotiations reach their nail-biting conclusion, Brussels will cave in.In parliament, there are more than enough Tory backbench MPs who hold this view to stymie any backsliding by chief negotiator David Davis and his cabinet colleagues. Or so they think. Continue reading...