Quote of the day 12th September 2019

“They want us to negotiate a ‘credible’ deal and then they will campaign against it in a referendum? 

That is mad. 

How can we negotiate with people like that?”


(EU source quoted in The Times, referring to Labour Brexit policy.)

The same report said that EU officials were reportedly "tearing their hair out" and "horrified" over Labour's "magical thinking" and the possibility of having to negotiate with any Labour government putting forward the policy described by Emily Thornberry on BBC Question Time last week here:


I've not agreed with everything the EU have said over the last few years about the UK's negotiating positions but I think they have a point this time.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Aren't they all just as bad as each other?
Chris Whiteside said…
All politicians, like everyone else, are imperfect human beings who get some things right and some things wrong.

But no, I don't think they are all as bad as each other.

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