Hard Brexit looms large with resignation of UK's EU envoy
Brussels
THE chances that the UK will make a disruptive break from its biggest market have grown with the resignation of the British envoy to the European Union, an experienced Brussels insider who was reviled by leading 'Brexit' supporters.
Ivan Rogers quit as Britain's permanent representative to the 28-nation EU, urging officials working for the UK in Brussels to keep challenging "muddled thinking" from colleagues in London. He warned that the government lacked experienced negotiators, and called for stronger working relationships between Prime Minister Theresa May's London-based team and the UK's permanent post in the Belgian capital.
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