There’s only one route to a #Brexit Deal I can see now
Johnson - after 📞 with vdL - undoubtedly talked with Frost, who was with him at Chequers
Theoretically Johnson could have given Frost more scope to compromise than he has had to date
Johnson - after 📞 with vdL - undoubtedly talked with Frost, who was with him at Chequers
Theoretically Johnson could have given Frost more scope to compromise than he has had to date
As @redhistorian rightly points out, all of this is Johnson’s call 🇬🇧 side - that might be politically problematic but it at least means a position could be changed fast (and changed faster than 🇪🇺 side)
So whenever the Frost-Barnier talks end this evening, what is said is *a vital sign* - has anything moved? If it has, Johnson gave Frost license to move. If the statement instead repeats the line on differences, then Johnson didn’t give Frost that freedom.
Then tomorrow we move to London.
If Frost-Barnier achieved anything expect 🇬🇧 Govt to row back from the brink on the IM Bill. If instead they fight the Lords on it, the way back to a Deal is essentially closed.
If Frost-Barnier achieved anything expect 🇬🇧 Govt to row back from the brink on the IM Bill. If instead they fight the Lords on it, the way back to a Deal is essentially closed.
I cannot see how - with the timetable so ridiculously tight - how there’s a way to a Deal if there’s no progress today, and 🇬🇧 Govt fights the Lords on the IM Bill.
It’s not that either side will formally stop talking - neither side wants to pull the 🔌. But unless there’s movement or optimism by tomorrow lunchtime I can’t see how there will be.
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