1/3 There really is an opportunity to reset the UK-EU narrative.
However, doing so requires treating the EU as what it is: a large powerful bloc with its own domestic politics and strongly defended interests that will at times conflict with what the UK wants.
However, doing so requires treating the EU as what it is: a large powerful bloc with its own domestic politics and strongly defended interests that will at times conflict with what the UK wants.
2/3 Moreover, it requires treating the EU respectfully consistently, not just until the first negotiating hurdle or bad UK news cycle.
To date UK "Love Bombs" have generally fizzled the very first time the EU objected to a request or the Telegraph troops needed rallying.
To date UK "Love Bombs" have generally fizzled the very first time the EU objected to a request or the Telegraph troops needed rallying.
3/3 It's not entirely promising that even in tweeting out this article Mr Nelson advances the idea that the incompetent EU somehow bungled matters by eventually securing far more of what they wanted than under the WA.
