Brexit Countdown
Britain on-track to withdraw from the European Union at 11pm on the 31st January 2020
A thread to follow the now-certain departure of Britain from the European Union in 45 days. Feel free to post.
The EU Withdrawal Agreement is expected to come back to the House of Commons this Friday.
Boris Johnson adding clause to Brexit bill which will ‘legally prohibit’ extension of the transition period beyond December 2020
— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) December 17, 2019
There will be legal questions as to what this means, given that international treaty he signed facilitates just such an extension
But intent is clear