Theresa May goes into the weekend safe in the knowledge that she has managed to reach an agreement with her divided ministers on the type of relationship Britain will seek with the EU after Brexit. But given that this unity is over a position of their own creation that Brussels may well say no to (and it’s not clear how the Irish border fits into it all), it’s safe to say that the Prime Minister’s troubles are far from over. With the government thought to be seeking a loose relationship that allows the UK to diverge from EU standard, Donald Tusk has been quick to criticise the reported position as ‘pure illusion’.
Coming up the track, however, is a problem that could see May’s approach over before it even has a chance to succeed. While the Prime Minister will give a speech late next week on her Brexit strategy, Jeremy Corbyn is to give his own come Monday.
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