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How might a hard or soft Brexit affect the UK?

Updated Tuesday, 10 April 2018
As the negotiations of the United Kingdom's departure from The European Union continue, experts from Scotland analyse some of the possible outcomes of Brexit. 

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Kirsty Hughes, writer and commentator, Catherine Stihler MEP, Alex Neil MSP and Mark Diffley, social researcher, analyse the importance of the type of deal the United Kingdom receives after Brexit, following the decision to leave the European Union in 2016. 

 

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  • Image: 'Shipping Grid' by Reid Beels under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
  • Image: 'UK Border Force' by Max Speed under CC BY-ND 2.0
 

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