The EU is not the enemy of the state. Time to think again on Brexit
When I referred in my last column to Chancellor Philip Hammond as the only grown-up minister in this chaotic cabinet, I was unaware that he had just put his name to a joint article in the pro-Brexit Sunday Telegraph with his arch-foe Liam Fox, making the following statement: "We respect the will of the British people - in March 2019 the United Kingdom will leave the European Union. We will leave the customs union" we will leave the single market" "
True, this was followed by reports that he wanted, in effect, to retain quasi-membership for several years, but the two emphasised that such a precaution "cannot be a back door to staying in the EU". There were also reports that Hammond had in some mysterious way scored a victory, which contrasted vividly with other reports that his attempt at some kind of coup had been foiled.
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