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OE Weekly Briefing: This is the Brexit General Election

Open Europe's David Shiels looks at the positions of the main political parties on Brexit as the UK edges towards a General Election.

Although there is the potential for the campaign to take some unpredictable turns, Brexit is likely to be the major theme of this election in a way that it was not in 2017. Campaigners on both sides of the debate – Remainers and Leavers – will see it as their last chance to secure the outcome they want.

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