Welcome to the Guardian’s weekly Brexit briefing, a summary of developments as Britain edges towards the EU exit. If you value our Brexit coverage, please become a Guardian supporter and help make our future more secure. The big pictureSo now we know (even if we’d long suspected it): we’re going to be kept in the dark. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Guy Verhofstadt, the former Belgian prime minister, will be the lead EU negotiator of any Brexit deal. Nick Clegg, the former deputy prime minister, has been analysing the implications of Brexit for trade with Peter Sutherland, the former founding director-general of the World Trade Organisation.

Source: The Guardian September 13, 2016 06:00 UTC