Analysis: Michael Higgins examines the key issues at play in this vital week in the U.K.-EU breakup
Did hardline Brexiteers blink?
A large number of Conservative lawmakers under the banner of something called the European Research Group are among the hardliners who have consistently voted against British Prime Minister’s Theresa May’s Brexit deal. Fellow Tories have even accused them of “treachery” for their support of a “hard” Brexit. Now the chairman of the group, Jacob Rees-Mogg, is suggesting he is willing to back May’s deal. “The choice seems to be Mrs May’s deal or no Brexit,” he tweeted.
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