A negotiation gone hopelessly wrong

There a whole slew of articles in the British press right now analysing what went wrong in Britain’s negotiations to leave the European Union. Many commentators are pointing out that it hasn’t been much of a negotiation at all - the British dithering and the EU Commission acting like an impatient school teacher waiting for its pupil to come up with the “right” answer.


It’s a mess and a tragedy for the UK and it may get a lot worse yet.

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