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PM’s speech delivers less cake and more realism

On the basis of this week’s developments, an agreement on a transition deal by the March European Council meeting hangs in the balance. Meanwhile, the Brexit vision that the Prime Minister set out on Friday contained less “cakeism” than earlier speeches, and more realism, but could still be rejected by the EU as well as the more Eurosceptic members of the Conservative party.

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