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Bullish Boris fails to break Britain's Brexit fatigue

How arguments around leaving the EU dominate, divide and disillusion a despairing and discontented nation.

Hans van Leeuwen
Hans van LeeuwenEurope correspondent

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London| One morning this week, I was in the kitchen listening to the BBC raking over the latest Brexit chaos – much sound and fury, as usual – when my English wife walked in. She went straight to the radio and flicked it to the soothing tones of the BBC’s classical music station. “Enough Brexit. I just can’t listen to it anymore,” she said.

PM Boris Johnson hasn't yet revived Britain's animal spirits. Getty Images

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Hans van Leeuwen covers British and European politics, economics and business from London. He has worked as a reporter, editor and policy adviser in Sydney, Canberra, Hanoi and London. Connect with Hans on Twitter. Email Hans at hans.vanleeuwen@afr.com

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