Conservatives at their conference are plotting what to do if they face their nightmare scenario, says Katy Balls, deputy political editor of the Spectator
The best way to rouse drowsy delegates at the Tory conference is to declare, “Get Brexit done”. It is this year’s guaranteed applause line. No matter how clunking the speech or how flat the joke, uttering it gets the members clapping. In the bars and the receptions, it’s the same story – the phrase has people raising their glasses and cheering approval.
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