UK-German (& EU) relations are on the brink of a potentially precipitate descent.
Triggered by vaccines. But due to deeper, Brexit-induced forces.
It’s worth reflecting carefully, again, on the implications of a recent public rebuke from @GermanAmbUK to @DavidGHFrost👇/1.
Triggered by vaccines. But due to deeper, Brexit-induced forces.
It’s worth reflecting carefully, again, on the implications of a recent public rebuke from @GermanAmbUK to @DavidGHFrost👇/1.
https://twitter.com/andrewprlevi/status/1368568775247806475
Two quick notes:
(a) following UK, German & wider EU reporting today is genuinely terrifying. Unless the UK can find a way to reintegrate itself into one of the two mission critical components of the Euro-Atlantic alliance - the EU - & the EU to accept it, .../2.
(a) following UK, German & wider EU reporting today is genuinely terrifying. Unless the UK can find a way to reintegrate itself into one of the two mission critical components of the Euro-Atlantic alliance - the EU - & the EU to accept it, .../2.
... we’re in serious trouble.
This isn’t about Bridlington Bangers to Belfast, or other such trivialising tropes used by some UK ministers.
And, if I were @SecBlinken’s chief of staff, I’d have this dossier, with options for US intervention, on his desk today; /3.
This isn’t about Bridlington Bangers to Belfast, or other such trivialising tropes used by some UK ministers.
And, if I were @SecBlinken’s chief of staff, I’d have this dossier, with options for US intervention, on his desk today; /3.
(b) “rebuke” is the correct word for @GermanAmbUK’s intervention, not “attack”: see my original tweet of 7 March. My fault. /4. End
Good points from @APHClarkson 👇
But are the sunshine & flowers only skin deep (to mix metaphors)?
The key point is, the relationship could flip. Pretty much at any point. Including in very bad ways.
It’s unsustainable.
But are the sunshine & flowers only skin deep (to mix metaphors)?
The key point is, the relationship could flip. Pretty much at any point. Including in very bad ways.
It’s unsustainable.
https://twitter.com/aphclarkson/status/1374810010673373189
Well, the chief of staff evidently did put it on @SecBlinken’s desk (see☝️) & we got this 👇 Good quality State Department drafting/sentiments.
Better (much) than not.
But trust in the UK is broken.
To take this forward requires rock-solid trust.
So what happens next?
Better (much) than not.
But trust in the UK is broken.
To take this forward requires rock-solid trust.
So what happens next?
https://twitter.com/darreneuronews/status/1374780873191665670
This is what happens next: @10DowningStreet spin appears on UK front pages 👇
Make up your own mind...
Make up your own mind...
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