Working assumption in Brussels has been Boris doesn't really mean what he says. But increasingly EU officials who have been watching his campaign believe he's boxed himself in so tightly there's no way out. One now puts the chance of an 'accident' at 80%. thesun.co.uk/news/brexit/95…
On the backstop they are especially despondent: 'Even possibilities whereby you could think OK the Europeans have not accepted this, may not accept it but you never know before the abyss, even those things he is closing them down which makes it really hard to create an opening.'
What possibilities, you ask? 'He ruled out a time limit. He ruled out a unilateral exit clause. He ruled out codicils further interpreting Alternative Arrangements. He has ruled out a lot of things. Even the things that were not on offer he has ruled them out, so what’s left?'
'The ray of hope is he can’t mean this, plus his reputation he can make U-turns and get away with it. Truthfulness and coherence is not his hallmark.' But this hope is vanishing: 'The problem is he's whipped up the ERG and his party. How do you put the genie back in the bottle?'
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