Brexit: UK fin Min Hammond says Brexit delay will inevitably be long

UK media (ITV) reporting Hammond's comments

UK finance minister Hammond has just told me Brexit delay will inevitably be long- ITV's Peston

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We heard during the US session the EU will not be giving the UK another short extensions. so if there is to be an extension then it'll have be a long one, right? .