I have cut and pasted a link below to an article posted on the BBC news web site today. It is written by Nick Robinson and reflect the transcript of a BBC Panorama programme yet to be screened.
The article is entitled
10 things that stopped Brexit happening
The article is definitely worth a read. Confirms for me pretty much everything suspected. EU believed the Brexit decision could be reversed. The Irish backstop was primarily a ruse used to give the EU the upper hand in trade. Theresa May (I would say while meaning well) has been effectively useless. Two of May's most powerful colleagues The Chancellor and her Deputy are both remainers. Finally the EU never believed the threat of No Deal because they could see May had not prepared for it.
All that might change now. Brexit is about to come to a head under Johnson. The UK has made major mistakes. ( maybe it was inevitable ). The UK is down - but maybe it is not out. Finally we might be getting our act together. We can see where it has gone wrong. We can regroup and now stand our ground. This is so typical of our history. We will get there in the end and democracy will prevail.
These are Nick Robinsons concluding paragraphs :
Those misunderstandings have dogged the Brexit negotiations as both sides have miscalculated how the other side will react.
What has not been tested yet is whether the credible threat of no deal, a refusal to compromise on the Irish border and a willingness to withhold the £39bn divorce bill which Britain has agreed to pay will improve or destroy the chances of getting a deal.
We're about to find out.
I recommend you read the article. Here is the link :
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49008826
The article is entitled
10 things that stopped Brexit happening
The article is definitely worth a read. Confirms for me pretty much everything suspected. EU believed the Brexit decision could be reversed. The Irish backstop was primarily a ruse used to give the EU the upper hand in trade. Theresa May (I would say while meaning well) has been effectively useless. Two of May's most powerful colleagues The Chancellor and her Deputy are both remainers. Finally the EU never believed the threat of No Deal because they could see May had not prepared for it.
All that might change now. Brexit is about to come to a head under Johnson. The UK has made major mistakes. ( maybe it was inevitable ). The UK is down - but maybe it is not out. Finally we might be getting our act together. We can see where it has gone wrong. We can regroup and now stand our ground. This is so typical of our history. We will get there in the end and democracy will prevail.
These are Nick Robinsons concluding paragraphs :
Those misunderstandings have dogged the Brexit negotiations as both sides have miscalculated how the other side will react.
What has not been tested yet is whether the credible threat of no deal, a refusal to compromise on the Irish border and a willingness to withhold the £39bn divorce bill which Britain has agreed to pay will improve or destroy the chances of getting a deal.
We're about to find out.
I recommend you read the article. Here is the link :
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49008826
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