Inner Brexit circle: May is playing it close amid government tension

PM limits discussion of latest Brexit twists and turns to small group as some in cabinet try to pull her in opposing directionsThe speech was so closely guarded that the final draft was delivered to key ministers by hand, the night before, in a brown envelope.The next day, amid the marble and gilt of Lancaster House in London’s St James’s, the prime minister set out her government’s blueprint for Brexit to an audience of ambassadors. Continue reading...