Brexit legal advice is 'devastating', MP claims

The UK could be stuck in "repeated rounds of negotiations" to leave the EU for years with no lawful power to exit, according to the government's legal advice.A six-page document analysing the implications of Theresa May's deal warned the mechanism to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland returning could remain indefinitely.It was written by Attorney General Geoffrey Cox and sent to Theresa May on 13 November, but only published on Wednesday after wrangling between MPs and the government