Looks to me like the latest attempt by Downing Street to message that the EU needs to stop pressuring the UK or be to blame for no-deal. Will likely be seen as such. Doesn't change the dial, we know the UK needs to compromise on LPF, EU on fish thetimes.co.uk/edition/commen…
In an indeal world that we don't have the UK government would simply come out and say we accept Level Playing Field for a trade deal, but it can't either / both ERG pressure or more likely they still think there can be a deal without. Article also doesn't mention N Ireland / IMB.
Much talk of a government reset this morning. Certainly needed in personalities. Also needed in terms of accepting realities of what borders and trade deals are, the pressures we are putting the economy under, what global Britain can and can't be etc. theguardian.com/politics/2020/…
Though ardent leavers and remainers both deny it there is a perfectly respectable path for the UK to forge which acknowledges we need strong relations with the EU in all sorts of ways, but will also diverge in various ways. We will pay a high cost not finding it.
And while the political posturing continues, so does the realisation that the UK isn't ready and needs practical cooperation, as evidenced by this story. (it is possible EU businesses also aren't ready btw, but most are rather less affected) rte.ie/news/brexit/20…
Might start repeating tweets from June...
https://twitter.com/DavidHenigUK/status/1268810376931663874
Incidentally on why the Forsyth article looks like a clumsy attempt to bounce the EU - because there's no sense that the geopolitical fallout means the UK needs to e.g. withdraw the internal market bill. More like latest of many desperate attempts to excuse UK refusal to move.
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