Theresa May’s Brexit is like “being trapped on a burning platform”

Labour MP Stephen Kinnock explains why is his preferred option for Brexit is a deal that keeps the UK in the EEA.

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Theresa May's intransigence is pushing us toward a less than ideal solution
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Ever since the result of the EU referendum was announced there has been a big debate over the role that Parliament should have in Brexit. In the past few weeks, the government has been defeated multiple times in the House of Lords, while the Commons recently passed a non-binding resolution aimed at keeping the government committed to remaining in the customs union (the government deliberately abstained).

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Dr Matthew Partridge
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Matthew graduated from the University of Durham in 2004; he then gained an MSc, followed by a PhD at the London School of Economics.

He has previously written for a wide range of publications, including the Guardian and the Economist, and also helped to run a newsletter on terrorism. He has spent time at Lehman Brothers, Citigroup and the consultancy Lombard Street Research.

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