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EXC: Inside Brexit War Cabinet:
- Dominic Cummings described EU negotiation as "a sham" in internal strategy meetings, per two highly placed sources.
- AG Cox warned Johnson it was "complete fantasy" to think EU would bin backstop 1/thread
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/…
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- Dominic Cummings described EU negotiation as "a sham" in internal strategy meetings, per two highly placed sources.
- AG Cox warned Johnson it was "complete fantasy" to think EU would bin backstop 1/thread
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/…
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At the heart of this story is the question as to whether:
a) the Johnson administration is sincere about getting a new deal with the EU
b) if they seriously trying, having not yet presented any substantive proposals /2
a) the Johnson administration is sincere about getting a new deal with the EU
b) if they seriously trying, having not yet presented any substantive proposals /2
So here's what I know after weeks of intensive reporting.
Let's start at the beginning. July 29 First meeting of Brexit War Cabinet - or EU 'Exit Strategy', or XS cmme in Downing Street, four days after Johnson's 'bin the backstop' statement to commons. /3
Let's start at the beginning. July 29 First meeting of Brexit War Cabinet - or EU 'Exit Strategy', or XS cmme in Downing Street, four days after Johnson's 'bin the backstop' statement to commons. /3
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