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THERESA MAY’S insistence that she intends to lead the UK definitively out of the European Union, including the single market, contradicts her long-held support for the EU.

She backed David Cameron and George Osborne at last June’s referendum, but May realises now that accepting the June 23 result can work in the best interests of British capitalism.

All major party leaders have voiced respect for the electorate’s decision, but their real sentiments are apparent in the small print.

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