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Michael Martin, “the single worst call [Martin] ever had with anyone”. The FT’s Peter Foster claimed he had been told the call was “very difficult”, “stubborn”, “eulogising on sovereignty” and “little grasp of detail” …not even close to “conciliatory”
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/johns…

Not to be outdone the foreign secretary, Liz Truss, then managed to annoy EU vice president Maroš Šefčovič in a telephone conversation that one EU source characterised as “horrendous”, adding that they had “seldom seen Šefčovič so cross and so upset”.

Described as a ‘tough’ meeting, Sinn Féin’s president Mary Lou McDonald and her deputy Michelle O’Neill, Stormont’s first minister designate, emerged to accuse the prime minister of coordinating with “obstructionist tactics” by the DUP who want to see the protocol ditched.

Mary Lou McDonald did not mince her words:
“I’m sorry to report that we’ve had no straight answers really from the British prime minister except a confirmation of what we already knew, which is that in fact this impasse is entirely coordinated between themselves and the DUP.”

Clearly, one thing absent from the meeting was trust and without it there can be no meaningful progress. There is no trust in Johnson from any quarter.

Veiled threats being used to force EU into agreeing significant changes. Šefčovič confirmed that, “The Protocol, as a cornerstone of the Withdrawal Agreement, is an international agreement. Its renegotiation is not an option. The European Union is united in this position”.

The EU knows the ‘weapon’ Johnson intends to threaten them with is loaded with blanks.

The phrase 'hoist by his own petard' comes to mind
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