Brexit: The easiest deal in human history? It was anything but
Boris Johnson, then foreign secretary, signed up. As the cabinet ended its awayday with Pol Roger champagne, he warmly proposed a toast praising Ms May. But by the next morning, he was getting cold feet. Then David Davis, the Brexit secretary, resigned, prompting Mr Johnson to join him so he was not left behind. It was a pivotal moment; Ms May was now under pressure not just from pro-Europeans who wanted a softer Brexit than she proposed, but also from Eurosceptics who wanted a harder one. These unlikely bedfellows would later combine to defeat Ms May in parliament, where her task became even...