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Portrait of the week

Portrait of the week: May’s historic loss, Brexit chaos and the US shutdown

19 January 2019

9:00 AM

19 January 2019

9:00 AM

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Brexit threw politics into unpredictable chaos. The government was defeated by an unparalleled majority of 230 — 432 to 202 — on the withdrawal agreement it had negotiated with the EU. The result was greeted by cheers from demonstrators outside the House, both those in favour and those against Brexit.

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