My Secret Brexit Diary: A Glorious Illusion

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The bureaucratic nightmare comes as an unnecessary headache for thousands of pensioners living in the country - many of whom have been driving on its roads without issue for decades. A piercing analysis of the UK's historic decision to leave the EU, De Rynck's masterful overview may make difficult reading for some in Britain but it offers hope that the two sides can take a more constructive approach going forward. The Sunday Express has learnt that Lord Frost, who negotiated the trade deal, agrees with most Brexiteers that the agreement needs to go with stability in Northern Ireland already under threat and a belief that the EU is trying to use it as a means to punish the UK for Brexit.

Barnier spends a vast amount of his time keeping member states on side, travelling endlessly to capitals and engaging with ministers.The transition year talks on a future trade deal were a rollercoaster, too, beginning with David Frost’s blunt announcement that London “did not feel bound by the political declaration it had just signed four months ago.

Such discussions by themselves don’t shock me,”he continues,“except when it is about expressing directly to the British side ideas that are his, and of which we haven’t spoken. The recent discovery of giant bluefin tuna in British waters could transform Brexit Britain’s sport fishing industry into a “global powerhouse”, according to a teenage angling prodigy. The fourth reason for British failure was that Johnson made the disastrous tactical decision to try to provoke the EU in the hope it would be shaken, even briefing it as “the mad man strategy”.

Any changes made can be done at any time and will become effective at the end of the trial period, allowing you to retain full access for 4 weeks, even if you downgrade or cancel. As late as May 2020, Barnier records his surprise at the UK’s continued demands for “a simple Canada-type trade deal” while still retaining single market advantages “in innumerable sectors”. Herszenhorn (19 January 2021), Barnier moves to ‘special adviser’ as Šefčovič to become point man on Brexit Politico Europe.