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'I wish her good luck'

Former Cabinet Secretary Gus O鈥橠onnell 鈥 who served as Cabinet Secretary to Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron- said that managing Brexit is 鈥渢he most challenging task鈥 faced by any Prime Minister in his memory.

Lord O鈥橠onnell told Carolyn Quinn on 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 4's The Westminster Hour that some people think the process is 鈥渃ompletely straightforward鈥 and that it can be done 鈥渙vernight鈥, but ministers are now realising 鈥減recisely how difficult all of this is.鈥

He speculated that the tone of EU negotiations would be 鈥渧ery negative鈥 at first, while elections are taking place in France and Germany, but there may be more 鈥済ive and take鈥 once they finish.

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