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The Great Brexit Plan

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Anyone who's ever managed a project - be it coursework, a wedding or simply arranging a night out with a large group of friends - knows that planning is the key to success. The larger the project the more detailed the plans need to be. That's why I had six months to produce a project plan for my PhD detailing what I'm going to go, why I'm going to do it and - most importantly of all - how I'm going to do it. Such planning is pretty standard and is a vital part of any project. After all, how can you know if your project was successful if you haven't defined success? As in the private sector so too in the public sector. The biggest project the government is currently involved in is Brexit. Despite the government's appearance of headless chicken, I was sure they couldn't be so incompetent as to not actually have a plan, so I went trawling through the dark alleys and recesses of the internet in search of any sign of such a plan. After many dead ends I m...