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The Brexit Eurostar

21 July 2017 / David Greene
Issue: 7755 / Categories: Opinion , Brexit
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David Greene finds little solace for remainers as Brexit negotiations start to gain momentum

The Brexit Eurostar publicly speeds on its course as the government publishes the Great Repeal Bill a year on from the referendum. It was published as I spent a day at the European Parliament talking on Acquired Rights. Most there are still living the dream that a pre-referendum Bobby Ewing will suddenly appear in the shower but with both main parties supporting the principle of Brexit that looks unlikely. The concept of a hard Brexit is, however, gaining momentum as the complexity and impossibility of creating a soft landing in the time given dawns upon stakeholders. There is much talk of a transitional period but that is difficult to achieve under Art 50.

In the run up to the 1964 election which also gave birth to a balanced parliament Harold Wilson coined the phrase that a week is a long time in politics. The internet age has definably shortened that time span to hours. We have the Bill but it

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