In message , at 13:26:46 on Thu, 2 Feb
2017, Neil Williams remarked:

But they were falsely persuaded that a "soft Brexit" was even a vague
possibility.

It was and still is. Not likely, but possible.

You've obviously not been following the recent politics of this.

https://www.gov.uk/government/public...kingdoms-exit-
from-and-new-partnership-with-the-european-union-white-paper

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Roland Perry