The Guardian view on MPs and Brexit: this is no time to disengage | Editorial

Britain must decide within five weeks whether to hold EU elections. There are big decisions to face before then, even though parliament is in recess

It is a reasonable bet that a fair proportion of readers don’t want to think about Brexit at all right now. It would be very understandable if that’s the case. Brexit politics has meant relentlessly hard pounding ever since the new year. Now there’s a brief hiatus. Parliament is in recess and will return straight after Easter. Theresa May has gone off walking in Snowdonia. Everyone needs a breather. Easter is a good time to reflect. Can the rest of us switch off, too?

But the urgency over Brexit has not gone away. Mrs May, we can be sure, is thinking about it as she eats her packed lunch in the Welsh hills. The rest of us must do our equivalent. Brexit certainly won’t disappear by pulling up the Easter duvet over our heads and ignoring it. These days matter. They should not be frittered away just because we’re all tired.

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