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Brexit proves that breaking up is hard to do

Theresa May's cabinet has approved a deal between the United Kingdom and the European Union on terms for Brexit. But the process of gathering consensus was long and difficult. Nick Schifrin speaks to Sebastian Mallaby, author, journalist and senior fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations, about the ‘cold reality shock’ of trying to deliver the referendum’s promises and what might lie ahead.