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Minister @NickGibbUK tells @BBCsarahsmith on Today that UK will leave EU “on or before” October 31st.
Commons Foreign chair @TomTugendhat floated a theory about an earlier exit yesterday
Commons Foreign chair @TomTugendhat floated a theory about an earlier exit yesterday
Here is that theory:
But here is the Cabinet Secretary letter to Jeremy Corbyn saying the timing of exit, under terms of EUWA is down to European Council (ie 28 PMs & Presidents including the British one) and Parliament...
As I recall - in Autumn 2016, as Foreign Sec, the PM was claiming that after an early 2017 Article 50 trigger, UK would not need the full 2 years to negotiate a Brexit deal, because of the export surplus from Italian wine/ German cars etc...
... here it is from an interview with Sam Kiley in Sep 2016 at UNGA:
