The best way to do that is to go global – and go local. Time to turbocharge a closer relationship to the European Union. In your new year interview with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg, you rightly said that closer ties to the EU were in our national interest. And you specifically said we would be “better looking to the single market rather than the customs union for our further alignment”. That was the dog that didn’t bark. Where was the outrage from Nigel Farage? It was undetectable because, as a smart political operative, he never wants to talk about Brexit again. The verdict is in: it was an expensive error. The prize for you is the growth the single market offers – and the authenticity. Everyone knows you want to do it – so, go for it.