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Jeremy Corbyn wants to schedule the Brexit debate around a celebrity reality show

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November 29, 2018 at 1:13 p.m. EST
Prime Minister Theresa May and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn attend a Remembrance Sunday ceremony in London on Nov. 11. (Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images)

How far apart are Prime Minister Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn on Brexit?

So far that they can’t even agree on which television station should host their upcoming debate on the issue.

After months of negotiation, May and her European counterparts recently unveiled a draft agreement on the terms of Britain’s divorce from the European Union. Their proposal lays out how Britain will leave the E.U., what will happen to E.U. nationals living in Britain and what Britain has to pay the E.U. to make the divorce final.