Possible scenarios in the year of the Brexit
The Conservatives remain split over what it really means, the Labour Party is avoiding the question, and the Scottish nationalists don't want to leave at all
London
THIS is the year when the biggest political and economic conundrum to face the UK in modern times will be solved, further complicated or even abandoned in all but name.
Within 10 months, the British government and European Union aim to have an agreement on their divorce and at least the outline of their future trading relationship. They have different ideas about what Brexit should look like and different views on how the talks themselves should be ordered.
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