Will McIntosh-Whyte: Portfolio planning for any Brexit

Cowardly, boring or sensible

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Will McIntosh-Whyte reckons Theresa May may have had almost as rough a week as him - recuperating from a stag party, he wishes Brexit was as simple as his friend's send-off to married life

Going on a stag - or hen - party is a highly political event. There are lots of different factions within the group: old school friends, Johnny-come-lately university mates, even a few work colleagues and, of course, the future father-in-law who no-one realised was even coming. Each clique has its own idea of what a stag do should be about. Some want the stag to get as drunk as possible or make him wear a mankini. Some want a more controversial trip - perhaps a visit to a ‘cabaret-style' venue, for example - and not necessarily for the stag's benefit. While it is something of a tradit...

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