Having spent the week playing a diplomatic game of ‘call my bluff’, EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier’s frustration was palpable at Thursday’s (20 July) press conference that sounded the bell for Round Two of the Brexit talks.
“We make better progress when our respective positions are clear,” was Barnier’s scarcely coded warning to the UK government.
It was telling, however, that UK Brexit minister David Davis and his tea...
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