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BREXIT EXPLAINED #69/100

What is going to happen next week as ‘crunch’ moment awaits?

This week the different strands of Brexit turmoil wind together to tie Theresa May into her most difficult bind yet, writes political editor Joe Watts

Monday 25 February 2019 00:23 GMT
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The Brexit saga has a habit of heralding “crunch” moments, only for them to fizzle out.

But some – like that next week – are so promising that they cannot be ignored.

The coming days tie together the three wiry strands of Brexit turmoil – Brussels deadlock, Tory splits and a divided parliament – into a bind so knotty that it’s hard to see how someone, somewhere doesn’t trip over it.

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