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The Brexit end-game

The Brexit end-game

Does Boris Johnson have one hand on his heart and the other crossing fingers behind his back?

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Melanie Phillips
Dec 11, 2020
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As an uncompromising Brexiteer, I believed from the very start that the only true Brexit was a no-deal Brexit.

That’s because iron logic always meant that any deal the UK might strike with the EU would keep the UK tied to it in some way. 

The reason for that is the premise upon which the EU is based. In essence, it is a protectionist bloc which, acting as…

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