Brexit end game (for the time being) starts next week

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the recent European Parliament debate on a proposed mandate for negotiating a new partnership with the UK, watched by the EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier. Picture: AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias

Political analysts believe that Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar did not help his cause in the general election by going on about Brexit.