Whatever the outcome, Brexit exposes UK’s woeful level of economic and business literacy
Does the government realise this is the beginning of a deadly serious process?
20 October 2019 - 17:36
To diverge or not to diverge? That will be the question if Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit “deal” gets through the UK parliament.
The relief that no deal has probably been avoided should not blind anyone to the fact that this agreement represents a hard Brexit — and is merely a prelude to long and complex negotiations. Johnson’s withdrawal agreement is no more a “deal” than his predecessor Theresa May’s was. MPs will again be asked to support a divorce, without knowing what the settlement will be until after they have left the family home...
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