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The Inquiry: Is Brexit Inevitable?

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

β€œBrexit 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 β€œmalign, 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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Wed 20 Jul 2016 15:23GMT

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