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EU Council leader Donald Tusk and British prime minister Theresa May (Photo: Council of the European Union)

UK and EU draft 'letter to Santa' on future relations

A draft accord on future UK-EU ties has envisaged "ambitious, broad, [and] deep" trade relations, but its lack of detail was immediately attacked by British MPs, one of whom said it looked "like a letter to Santa".

It said nothing on the thorny issue of Gibraltar and next to nothing on fisheries.

But it went into some specifics on visa-free travel, future security arrangements, and the role of the EU court in settling disputes.

The 26-page text, published on Thursday (22 No...

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