''For Valentine's Day next week, Boris Johnson has come up with a
terribly nice idea. The British foreign minister apparently wants to
hold an amicable speech (if it doesn't get delayed) about Brexit to
reconcile friends and opponents of the European Union. It's the kind of
idea that only Johnson, with his galactic-sized ego, can come up with,
the equivalent of a marten trying to settle a dispute in the rabbit
hutch.
Johnson and his hardliners recently made it clear that when it comes
to Brexit, the time for concessions is over. In December, when Prime
Minister Theresa May negotiated a wobbly compromise with the rest of the
EU to move forward to the next phase of negotiations, the Brexiteers
stayed silent for tactical reasons. For a moment, it seemed as if the
more level-headed voices in the government -- those who wanted to bind
the UK closely to the EU after Brexit -- had prevailed..''
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