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Theresa May's 'no deal is better than a bad deal' Brexit logic could end up destroying the British economy
As the Centre for European Reform spelled out in a briefing paper last week, the consequences of leaving the EU single market and customs union in 2019 without a new trade deal, or at least a transitional trading arrangement giving us time to conclude such a deal, would be utterly disastrous.