I fear this is correct. Though with a lot of blame-shifting by participants. Think whoever decided to brand normal contents of a trade agreement a threat to UK sovereignty if included in an EU trade deal deserves particular blame. Similarly those misleading about NI Protocol.
https://twitter.com/rolandmcs/status/1329311138908155906
Would also love to know what the UK negotiators' plan was to overcome internal opposition from the ERG. If it was "we'll get a deal they will be fine with" then there was a fatal flaw at the start making negotiations largely pointless.
Also if the plan of the UK side was that the EU would suddenly yield at the last minute, then it wasn't strong to start with, and failed to take account of the chances a genuine EU-crisis emerged (always likely, there are several each year) dw.com/en/hungary-pol…
The message from this UK-EU talks update seems to be one of confusion - nobody quite sure of whether talks have been going better, or what the timing is, or what happens next. Not ideal. politico.eu/article/brexit…
As far as I can tell, UK-EU talks are where they have been since June. Technically you can easily see the deal. Politically, you can't (UK backtrack on Internal Market Bill, level playing field, France / EU on fishing). And neither side will walk away.
From February. But the only real clue to that timing is that the EU mandate was published and the UK one not.
(source ft.com/content/81d928…)
(source ft.com/content/81d928…)
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