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As far as I can see this morning, I am the only journalist who thinks the EU may not tonight - after all - force a Brexit delay of nine months to a year on @theresa_may. That presumably means I am just wrong (though there are some in the talks who agree with me). But...
I am reminding you that I have probably got this wrong because there is no merit in pretending otherwise. I don’t have a problem being flattened by the galloping herd. That said, when the dust has settled, I will need to identify what i missed or attached too little weight to...
when assessing the various pressures on EU leaders.
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