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Luke Petherbridge: Brexit uncertainty set to continue in wake of general election

Government
Luke Petherbridge
21 November 2019

Abta’s head of public affairs gives his take on the effect of December’s general election on the ongoing Brexit turmoil. 

The government’s current position is to reject the available extension

The 31 October deadline has come and gone, yet the UK remains a member of the European Union. So what happens next?


The usual caveat applies; everything below relies on logic and that’s not a given in UK politics right now.


For Brexit-weary business leaders and consumers, there does appear to be the promise of positive news when we examine the positions of the political parties heading into the first December election in nearly 100 years.

For, whatever the result of the election, a no-deal outcome at the end of January 2020 seems a more remote possibility than was the case ahead of Halloween.