• While Westminster postures (or they stab each other in the back, front, whatever it takes to emerge from this mess in a better position than their peers) Michel Barnier and his team are methodically moving ahead with the formalities of Brexit. This is where Brexit will be decided, and regardless of the spin, it is what we will get.

  • to accelerate all the contacts, the useful contacts.

    I guess that rules out anyone on this side of the discussion then?

  • Yes, I read that as an (indirect) observation that many of the UK 'negotiators' have been timewasters, more interested in how their message might go down with their 'base' back at home than actually negotiating towards a balanced settlement.

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