Daniel Hannan - Conservative, MEP for South East England

Politicians and civil servants usually abandon their offices in August, but not this year in London, where Brexit is now an overwhelming political priority. Theresa May's government has issued a raft of proposals on what trade, border and legal arrangements might look like post-Brexit, with a striking focus on continuity rather than change.

Stephen Sackur speaks to one of the Conservative Party's staunchest Brexiteers, MEP Daniel Hannan. If Brexit is not a clean break, then what is the point of it?