Re: Is Boris the One Blinking First?
Here's the stance today:
' “Lord Frost and Michel Barnier had a constructive discussion. The situation remained as yesterday, and they will remain in contact,” a spokesman from Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office said.'
In other words, no the EU won't acknowledge our independent status but we'll keep lines open to see if they change their mind.
As a bit of a reminder to Boris of what the future will hold if he caves in, Nigel Farages has said this:
" If he oversees anything that looks remotely like a botched Brexit deal, his support around the country will fold like a cheap suit."
"If the government does decide to take the easy way out by opting to do a deal based on the Withdrawal Agreement, I know that many of my excellent colleagues in the Brexit Party will be prepared to re-start the fight. "
Everybody knows how effective a campaigner this bloke is, so IMHO if the Brexit party
were to fight because of a botched Brexit effort by Boris there is no doubt whatsoever that they would have a significant impact, as well as rellegating the Tories from getting anywhere near a position of power for decades to come.
This will I hope be enough to persuade Boris to continue as is and not be persuaded either by EU or by our own objecters.