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Boris Johnson has a deal. Now MPs must end the agony and vote it through | Simon Jenkins

Boris Johnson has a deal. Now MPs must end the agony and vote it through | Simon Jenkins


The DUP is again proving the fly in the Brexit ointment, but it should not be allowed to decide who rules Britain Related: Brexit: Johnson’s deal’s ‘far worse’ than May’s, says Labour – live news Here we go again. The bloody torso that is Brexit will this weekend dump itself in the torture chamber of the House of Commons. MPs will be asked to approve – in some fashion or other – the Brexit deal reached by Boris Johnson in Brussels. It is now surely clear that the deal comes as close as is feasible to a workable withdrawal from the EU, given the limitations set by the Commons since 2016. It also sets a framework for something quite separate, Britain’s long-term relationship with the EU, which is yet to be negotiated in detail. Continue reading…
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