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Sajid Javid said this am that the govt has presented a new proposal to Brussels about the Irish border.
A senior EU source tells me that isn’t true: “there were no new proposals. They were promised last week, but nothing this week. Just crossing out of text [from May’s deal].”
A senior EU source tells me that isn’t true: “there were no new proposals. They were promised last week, but nothing this week. Just crossing out of text [from May’s deal].”
Source says “gap is widening” between the two sides, not getting closer. To the point where even traditional allies, like the Dutch have run out of patience and given up.
Javid said he couldn’t say what the proposal was because in public because it was “a negotiation” and that’s not what you do. Fair enough, just. But probably a good idea to reveal it to the other side.
When I asked if Javid was being deliberately untruthful about saying there was a new proposal/getting a deal, source said: “depends on one’s definition of ‘trying to get a deal’”.
