Westminster has known the options since 2016. Which Brexit does it want? | Rafael Behr

The chaotic theatre of British politics doesn’t change facts. There are three possible approaches – and time is running out

Once again a Brussels summit and British politics cross paths like celestial bodies on intersecting orbits. For just a few moments a cold hard ball of EU reality eclipses the gaseous inferno that is Westminster. Theresa May has not secured any meaningful change to her withdrawal agreement. No sunset clauses will be introduced to the “backstop” that is designed to prevent a hard Irish border appearing after Brexit.

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