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“Where are we? We are divided. Those divisions are not going to go away, whatever decision [we] may reach. For each of us there is and will remain a continuing imperative of engagement with those who do not share our views.” - Lord Hodge, convener of the Special Commission on Same-Sex Relationships and the Ministry, addressing the 2011 General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
BY THE time you read this, the UK may be around a month away from leaving the European Union. Or it may not. As I write, in very late January, Brexit is still due on March 29, but the plausible outcomes range from no-deal Brexit to no Brexit at all, a second referendum, a general election and the extension of Article 50 into the summer.