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With Article 50 being triggered, the timetable to exit has commenced. Pronouncements, statements and red lines have been carefully choreographed. Expectations of the Brexit negotiations are presented as realities rather than aspirations and to be achieved with strong and stable leadership. McGowan identifies the May government’s position ahead of the 2017 general election, introduces the key actors involved in the process at the domestic level and highlights some of the problems ahead that make the task of reaching an agreed position difficult. Strong and stable leadership has not provided certainty.
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McGowan, L. (2018). Negotiating Brexit: The UK Position, Actors and Objectives. In: Preparing for Brexit. Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64260-4_4
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