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Mind your language

Britain to have ‘special status’ in the EU? Careful what you wish for…

Will that be special as in ‘special relationship’, or special as in ‘special measures’?

27 February 2016

9:00 AM

27 February 2016

9:00 AM

‘Special status?’ said my husband. ‘You mean like executioners, butchers and undertakers in Japan?’

I hadn’t suggested that, but had been thinking aloud about the phrase which, according to David Cameron, now describes Britain’s position in Europe: special status.

My husband once went to Japan, which, he thinks, makes him an expert.

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