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I think most Brexiteers should take note of the advice in this article:
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TCW’s Brexit Watch: Johnson can indeed rip up the Withdrawal Agreement - The Conservative Woman
TCW’s Brexit Watch: Johnson can indeed rip up the Withdrawal Agreementconservativewoman.co.uk
It certainly echoes my thinking - and those with direct experience of managing major negotiations will know that when the other party suggest that it might be a good idea to reduce tension by switching out the lead negotiators - that is a sure sign they are on that back foot and concerned about the effectiveness of your lead.
I have said for months that Johnson is the weak link and I just hope that he keeps out of direct involvement and just supports Frost and others - let's hope his vanity does not lead him to get involved with von der Leyden directly - like he did with Varadkar - that would not be good.
The UK has ended up in a place where the EU now have to recognise the size of the majority the government holds which means that they can be confident in bringing forward primary legislation - they will be dismayed after enjoying all those years of Remainer duplicity at Westminster.
Johnson just needs to hold his nerve and let professionals lead on this - and please FFS not get personally involved
One of the professionals resigned yesterday over the position that is being taken. Whatever deal we wanted we are just eroding all credibility on our part of the process and that includes degrading our ability to negotiate.
Jonathan Jones' resignation over Brexit law-breaking met with dismay
Friends and colleagues say top civil servant in intolerable position after advice ignored
We are meant to be the creators of the law based parliamentary system yet here we are advocating bypassing it, even the Tories themselves don't agree it's right.