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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
John Crace

Digested week: Sunak hit by seven-year hitch on Brexit vote anniversary

The UK prime minister Rishi Sunak stands between an EU and union flag
Rishi Sunak seems to have taken a vow of silence on Brexit – almost as if he is hoping everyone forgets all about it. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty

Monday

The seventh anniversary of the EU referendum passed almost unnoticed. Which seems something of an oversight. You’d have thought Rishi Sunak at least would have been keen to mark the occasion. Either by telling us all the benefits we’ve accrued in the interim or explaining when they are due to arrive. After all, he had always been one of the true believers who had embraced Brexit right from the start. Surely he can’t have changed his mind. But no. Sunak has been almost entirely silent on the subject. These days you will almost never hear the word Brexit” pass his lips. Not even when he’s talking about inflation.

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