Though parliament rejected no deal, we’re now closer to it than ever | Anand Menon

Brexiteers will construct a narrative of EU intransigence. ‘There was something we could agree to, but Brussels wouldn’t listen’

Well this is all going swimmingly, isn’t it? Another evening of parliamentary pantomime after which nothing of substance has been achieved. But what pantomime! We’ve seen the prime minister join her party in demanding changes to the deal negotiated by – the prime minister. She backed an amendment that unpicked a deal she negotiated, thereby instructing herself to go back and try harder. Meanwhile, Labour demanded – and failed to get – a delay, without really knowing what it was for. But the bottom line is clear. Sixty days to go until we are scheduled to leave the European Union. And we still don’t know what we want.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2DHbFPj

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