Re: New challenge in Scottish Courts (again)
Originally Posted by
Dodge
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Look at the 'Yellow Vest' protests in France, the current protests in Hong Kong, the British people haven't got the guts to do the same over Brexit
Let's see whether the leader of the country has the guts to ask for an extension. Chances for a deal are very, very smal.
We will meet again on Monday to give the UK another opportunity to present its proposals in detail.” The spokeswoman added that the proposals
did not “provide a basis for concluding an agreement”.
An EU official said: “The UK often asks for meetings to keep [the] process going; we agree we should leave no stone unturned. But there is nothing useful that could be done this weekend.”
A senior EU diplomat said: “If we held talks at the weekend, it would look like these were
proper negotiations. The truth is we’re still a long way from that. We need to work out quickly whether there is the opportunity to close that gap.”
Brussels is keenly aware of the danger that Downing Street is playing a*“blame game”*and the EU could be seen as intransigent in rejecting the talks.
Sources said it
would not, however, pretend to negotiate when there appeared to be doubt over any basis for progress.