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The Essential: The Inquiry: Is Brexit Inevitable?

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Is Brexit Inevitable?

20/07/2016 GMT

The Inquiry: Is Brexit Inevitable?

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John Harris says Britain cannot wriggle out of Brexit without provoking dangerous anger

Journalist John Harris says Britain’s political elite cannot wriggle out of Brexit without provoking dangerous anger.

“Brexit means Brexit,” says Theresa May, Britain’s new prime minister. It sounds unequivocal: the UK voted in a referendum to leave the European Union, so that’s what it must do. But credible figures have suggested that Brexit may not actually happen. Is that possible? In this excerpt from The Inquiry, Guardian journalist John Harris says Britain’s political elite cannot wriggle out of Brexit without unleashing “malign, divisive political forces”.

Presenter: Maria Margaronis

(Photo: Illustration flags of the European Union and the Union flag sit on top of a sand castle on a beach in Southport, United Kingdom. Credit to Getty images)

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