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This Was The Week Everyone Had Their Say on Brexit

No-one seems to agree with anyone else.
An anti-Brexit demonstrator waves a Union flag, also known as a Union Jack, with a European Union (EU) flag outside the Houses of Parliament in London, U.K., on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May is to use a speech in late September to try to force the pace of Brexit negotiations as an October showdown with her European counterparts looms.
Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg

The Brexit debate came to life again this week as U.K. parliamentarians returned to work. As British Prime Minister Theresa May tried to get negotiations with the European Union back on track and pass key legislation at home, she found herself under fire on all fronts.

It was a week full of colorful and inflammatory statements from key players in an increasingly tense drama.