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A Very Brexit Christmas
Is the Christmas Eve deal a gift to Britons or a lump of coal?
After a long and perilous fight, and enough bitter partisanship to rival any in the United States, the United Kingdom has finally reached a deal with the European Union to exit the collective.
With this historic deal, the details of which are still becoming clear, Brexit proponents have achieved what many thought impossible. The 2000 page agreement will likely appear before the House of Commons on December 30.
“The war is over. It’s not perfect, but it is a very very big day and a big step forward,” said British politician and Brexiteer Nigel Farge of the agreement.
Remainers, those voters committed to staying within the albeit imperfect confines of the European Union, have greeted the news with somewhat less enthusiasm. In the four years since the UK first voted to leave the EU, all manner of disasters have been predicted by Remainers. Unsurprisingly, more of the same are being predicted now.
However, what the Brexiteers know, what the Remainers still don’t understand, is that…