How the Thatcher myth attracts modern-day Conservatives to a no-deal Brexit

First written for and published by the New Statesman

When Theresa May proclaimed that “No-deal is better than a bad deal”  many saw it as half rhetorical flourish, half negotiating ploy. Brussels had to be convinced that the United Kingdom would weather anything rather than accept a bad deal. And it was via that strategy, its advocates claimed, that a good deal could be secured...

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