When two tribes go to lunch
Despite being locked in conflict, Leavers and Remainers have some striking things in common
THE MOST powerful tool at the political journalist’s disposal is the lunch invitation. You take a senior politician out to an expensive restaurant in the hope that good food and hot gossip will loosen the ministerial tongue. This was easier in the days when politicians frequently drank at lunch—and some drank a lot—but remains a stock-in-trade even in these abstemious times.
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Britain September 14th 2019
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