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told a tense stand-off occurred at famous subterranean Westminster drinking den ‘The Players’ on Thursday, as members of the Remain team gathered to mark the publication of Craig Oliver’s Brexit diary. ‘When they came in, a group of Ukip advisers were standing drinking in the opposite corner of the bar,’ an observer informs me. ‘For a moment it was like something from the Wild West. Both sides stood there eyeing each other. But then the pianist started belting out Mr Brightside, and they all just started dancing round together.’ I think that they call this soft Brexit.