“It was the best of times — it was the worst of times.”
The English writer Charles Dickens immortal words perhaps given new meaning in the age of Brexit.
Prime Minister Theresa May put a stripped down version of her twice-defeated Brexit divorce agreement to a vote on Friday.
Ironically, she lost by 58 votes on the very day the U.K. was supposed to leave the European Union.
CGTN’s Jamie Owen reports London.
To discuss:
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- Ben Lowry is deputy editor of the News Letter.
- Helen Thomas is CEO and founder of Blonde Money.
- Eoin O’Malley is an associate professor at Dublin City University
- David Smith is The Guardian newspaper’s Washington bureau chief.
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