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Boris Johnson’s Valentine’s speech is a chance to prove his critics wrong

It’s been a quiet day in Westminster with the main excitement involving a suspicious package containing white powder that was delivered to an office in Parliament. The powder was later found to be non-harmful but police are investigating the incident.

Tomorrow the relative calm will end when Boris Johnson gives his big speech. Titled ‘a United Kingdom’, the Foreign Secretary is to give the first in a series of government speeches that together form Downing Street’s ‘roadmap to Brexit’. Boris’s aim is to reach out to those who voted Remain and reassure them that Brexit Britain will be a country that reflects their liberal values.

The last time Johnson wanted to give a big speech on Brexit No 10 slapped him down and a 4,000-word essay wound its way into the Daily Telegraph.

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