Winning the argument is significant:
1️⃣ Politically, if YOUR stakeholders can be convinced any failure in the talks is due to the other side.
2️⃣ For the negotiations, if THEIR stakeholders accept your arguments and reconsider their positions.
Some evidence of 1️⃣, little of 2️⃣.
1️⃣ Politically, if YOUR stakeholders can be convinced any failure in the talks is due to the other side.
2️⃣ For the negotiations, if THEIR stakeholders accept your arguments and reconsider their positions.
Some evidence of 1️⃣, little of 2️⃣.
Note: My evidence of 1️⃣ is purely anecdotal and based on a combination of tedious reply guys in my mentions and roughly 36,000 Telegraph op-eds a week.
Note: My argument that there is little evidence of 2️⃣ stems from the lack of op-eds in major EU papers calling for the EU to compromise to get a, deal done.
No one over there seems to give a shit.
No one over there seems to give a shit.
Final Note: If there was a sense both sides were just playing chicken and expecting the other to swerve at the last minute, proof of 1️⃣ would be helpful.
Not sure that's what's going on. Feels like UK has locked the steering wheel and EU is convinced it can weather a crash.
Not sure that's what's going on. Feels like UK has locked the steering wheel and EU is convinced it can weather a crash.
