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The EU and UK are one sentence away from a Brexit deal. Why the games?

16 February 2019

9:00 AM

16 February 2019

9:00 AM

Even the most fervent Brexiteer would have to admit to being impressed at the cohesion and chutzpah of the European Union negotiating team. Michel Barnier talks as if it is the UK that most needs a deal, while the rest of the EU could carry on just as well as before, or better, without one, given that it would be able to attract business and investment away from us.

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