THE fog of Brexit gets thicker by the day. It is only a year and a bit until Britain leaves the European Union. But the government still hasn't resolved the most important question that will determine its future relationship with the bloc-will Britain shadow eu rules and regulations or strike out on its own?-let alone thousands of smaller puzzles. Business is becomingjittery. Ordinary Britons bury their heads in shame. On Valentine's Day Boris Johnson, the foreign secretary and the most prominent Brexiteer, tried to throw some light on the gloom in a speech at Policy Exchange, Britain's leading right-of-centre think-tank. The speech was billed as the first of six that will detail the government's line on Brexit. Theresa May will speak about security on February 17th and other ministers will address their areas of expertise in turn. Getting in first was undoubtedly a coup for Mr Johnson. It is unlikely that journalists will listen with quite such bated breath to Liam Fox, the trade secretary.
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