This week Eddie Izzard has embarked on a a 31-city tour to try and persuade young people to vote in the EU referendum. While this is just one of the genius strategies put forward by Britain Stronger in Europe as they notch up their campaign efforts, Mr S can’t help but notice that one of their most authoritative figures is nowhere to be seen of late.
Step forward Stuart Rose. When the campaign group launched last year, its chairman was heralded as the man who could show that Remain-ers are practical people with good judgment rather than die-hard Europhiles. Yet, in recent months the retail supremo has cut down his media appearances significantly.
Mr S understands that there have been murmurs of discontent from his Remain comrades over his poor media performances. As well as forgetting the name of his own campaign group four times, Rose boosted the Brexit camp when he claimed that wages would go up if Britain left the EU, when he appeared before the Treasury Select Committee.
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