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Commented on The Inevitable Brexit Thread (2)
Yes, sorry, the UK still leaves on December 2020, extensions to agree the WA just eat into the transition period that would have followed the WA passing....
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The two years doesn't start from the signing of the WA but the article 50 notification - the UK still leaves in 2020, there's just less time for the WA to run now....
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It was a spoof. And there's space for bringing up issues other than Brexit - not doing so is a large part of what caused the vote to go the way it did in the first place....
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"He's fundamentally incompetent, given that he's still behind May in the ratings" The second doesn't necessarily follow from the first, it is fairly clear that the Tory vote holds up because a large part of the Leave constituency see them...
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And on that note you could argue that had a EFTA style Brexit been pursued 2 years ago it would have been viable, but no longer as opinions have been allowed to harden on the Leave side....
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Depending on how one asks the question, it's not clear that Remain has much of a lead. One also has to wonder to what extent the situation is similar to last time, where Remain started off with a lead and...

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