Little joy around as EU accept agreement to allow UK leave

There was little joy around the cavernous headquarters of the European Council in Brussels on Sunday as the treaty governing the UK’s departure from the European Union was formally accepted by the 27 EU heads of government and the prime minister of the departing country.

And just as EU leaders were united in sadness at the British departure, so most people in Brussels this weekend share the awareness that Mrs May is unlikely to win enough support in Parliament - at least the first time round - to secure ratification.

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