Three points on the whole “ramping up pressure” fallacy (thread) telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/…
1) I am not sure “we’ll send MPs home, they can always be recalled if there’s a deal” is very much a statement of anything except letting MPs have a holiday, which, given the time of year, is not all that unexepcted.
2) We’ve repeatedly read stories how the EU likes to run down the clock thereby exerting pressure on its negotiating partner. Certainly both cannot be true.
3) The time pressure on BOTH sides is very real. Given the flexibility of UK procedures, I’d say the worry is more on the EU ratification side (Council, national constitutional limits, promises made to the EP).
Bonus point: it is December 17. If we are not unexpectedly hit by a surprise holiday in the second half of December that leaves two weeks for a deal.
None of the sides will gain a strategic advantage by a surprise declaration that there might be Christmas in between.
None of the sides will gain a strategic advantage by a surprise declaration that there might be Christmas in between.
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