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In reply to the discussion: Soooooo what happens now? [View all]

muriel_volestrangler

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12. No, no-one knows (not just among us - no-one in the world knows)
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 08:17 AM
Jan 2019

Someone has to change their mind - I'd say the closest British proposals that could be melded into something that could get a majority and the EU would agree to are, ironically, May's and Corbyn's. Some sort of customs union without freedom of movement.

But both, especially May, don't want to have a 'grand coalition' to solve this, because it would tear apart their parties to cooperate with the other (May is in more danger because the anti-EU feeling in a large wing of the Tories runs deep); and they know they'd then face a rejuvenated UKIP that picks up defectors from the old party/parties.

Yes, still possible to end up with 'no deal' and an exit at the end of March.

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