May´s `renaissance´ speech paints over cracks in Tories´ Brexit position
(WorldNews Politics)

Theresa May has a history of hedging her bets when it comes to Brexit - and her speech in Florence on Friday was no exception. Even before she took to the stage in an annexe of the Santa Maria Novella church, it was clear what her objective was. Her chancellor Philip Hammond, foreign secretary Boris Johnson, and Brexit secretary David Davis had been flown to Italy to applaud her every word. The three cabinet ministers - who have disagreed profoundly on what Brexit should mean, and still do - filed in and sat down in the front row before smiling benignly throughout. The fact that May thought they had to be there, when they had approved the speech the day before at a two-and-a-half-hour...