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@BBCnews & @SkyNews & the multiple correspondents tasked with reporting/commenting on #Brexit you have a tendency to frame & report on optics not substance. Short thread on why yesterday was a very bad day for #UK @BrigidLaffan
1. GAC ministerial meeting met in Brussels yesterday. UK left an empty chair. Message-we won’t waste our resources on what concerns you even though it was a discussion about ‘rule of law’. Not smart when PM is going to Lux to meet #Juncker. @BrigidLaffan
2. Commission President Juncker & @MichelBarnier were cordial but clear in the post meeting statement. It is U.K’s ‘responsability’ to come forward with ‘legally operational solutions’. Despite the spin there are no such solutions on the table. @BrigidLaffan
3. Only then comes meeting with @Xavier_Bettel. @BorisJohnson asked for a presser to be moved at last minute-poor management by his people. Nothing that @Xavier_Bettel said is on being said on a daily basis across EU capitals. He reflects opinion in EU.@BrigidLaffan
4. If U.K. is to have a future relationship with its neighbours, it better begin to reset. Not a good look to endanger stability in Ireland for party political gain. Not a good look to be unable to put credible text on table. Not a good look to blame foreigners. @BrigidLaffan
5. Elsewhere the world became a more dangerous place this weekend. Does U.K. really think its security & prosperity will be assured as great powers compete? UK will find it is a cold place & will have left its relationships with near neighbours under severe strain. Not smarts
