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The fifth wheel, the fifth column – let’s face it, no-one likes Britain

PRIME MINISTER non-elect Theresa May has insisted it is right for the leaders of the other 27 European Union countries to meet in Brussels without British involvement to formulate their plans for the pending Brexit negotiations.

Not that she had much choice in the matter.

And let’s face it we’d better get used to it because when Article 50 finally gets triggered there will be a lot more EU meetings without the input of perfidious Albion.

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