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Theresa May’s parliamentary bind could make cancelling Brexit her “new default”

Revoking Article 50 could have become the government’s default Brexit position, ITV political editor Robert Peston has revealed. Following Sunday’s sofa chat in which the Prime Minister revealed the choice over Brexit is a binary one between some version of her negotiated deal and not leaving at all, she could have laid the groundwork for cancelling Brexit to become the “de facto Brexit default”. Peston said: “The point is that she has no power to prevent a no-deal Brexit on...

Daily Mail columnist Peter Oborne says it’s time to “think again” about Brexit

Peter Oborne has said Brexiteers must swallow their pride and think again about a process which has "paralysed the system" and "turned Britain into a laughing stock". The prominent Leave advocate has penned an honest Open Democracy feature which calls for Brexiteers to acknowledge that the process has gone sour, saying "we will never be forgiven if and when Brexit goes wrong. Future generations will look back at what we did and damn us." His position, he says, is driven...

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