If Brexit is delayed the wrong people will be clapping and our EU exit may never happen at all… LAST night the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal was defeated by a smaller – but still thumping – majority of nearly 150. With Brexit due in just over two weeks, the question…
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Some people will have “raised their eyebrows” at a letter issued by Northern Ireland’s civil service boss warning about the impact of a no-deal Brexit, a Northern Ireland Office minister has said. David Sterling’s letter to NI political parties was published on Tuesday. John Penrose described Mr Sterling’s warning as…
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Article originally published in The Telegraph on 24/02/2019. It was written by Edward Malnick, Sunday Political Editor. Delaying Britain’s departure from the EU is an “elephant trap” that could kill off Brexit altogether, senior ministers warned on Saturday night. Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, John Penrose, the Northern Ireland minister,…
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No-one wants a World Trade Organisation ‘no-deal’ Brexit, right? So why not rule it out now, once and for all. Wouldn’t that be safer, and let everyone calm down? Well no, not really. Taking the option off the table wouldn’t just massively weaken the Prime Minister’s negotiating position. It could…
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