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29 Jul 2019

Open Europe’s Henry Newman: ‘EU must recognise current Brexit deal not going to pass Commons’

As the government ramps up its no deal planning, Boris Johnson has insisted a new deal with the EU is still a possibility.

So is he right? And can parliament, or anyone, stop a no-deal exit from happening?

Henry Newman is a former special adviser to Michael Gove, who is now the director of Open Europe, and Charles Grant is director of the Centre for European Reform.