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brooklynite

(95,006 posts) Mon Jan 28, 2019, 11:10 AM Jan 2019

Risk of no-deal Brexit now 'very high', says top EU official

Source: The Guardian

Sabine Weyand, the EU’s deputy chief Brexit negotiator, has been speaking at an event in Brussels. The Sun’s Nick Gutteridge has posted some quotes from her opening remarks, and they are unusually blunt.

Weyand says it is “a big challenge” to see how the UK will secure a majority for any Brexit deal.
She seems to rule out the EU reopening the negotiation with the UK, saying it’s over.

She accuses the UK of “snatching defeat from the jaws of victory”, saying the backstop was a much better for the UK than people assume.
She insists that the EU has already firmly rejected calls for the backstop to be time-limited

Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2019/jan/28/brexit-latest-news-developments-theresa-may-will-commit-to-insisting-eu-replace-backstop-say-leading-tory-brexiters-politics-live

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Risk of no-deal Brexit now 'very high', says top EU official (Original Post) brooklynite Jan 2019 OP

idiots... Blue_Tires Jan 2019 #1

Do you think the UK is headed over a cliff? saidsimplesimon Jan 2019 #2

off the cliff they will go. Scotland and N. Ireland are going to tell London to fuck off. Javaman Jan 2019 #3

couldn't have said it better myself ProfessorPlum Jan 2019 #4

Succinctly put. NT Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2019 #6

Good summation. yardwork Jan 2019 #9

The whole Brexit thing is literally stupid as hell. defacto7 Jan 2019 #5

and weaponized social media. They_Live Jan 2019 #7

False pride of nationalism is why Brexit was passed at140 Jan 2019 #8

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

1. idiots...

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Jan 28, 2019, 11:16 AM

Jan 2019

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)

2. Do you think the UK is headed over a cliff?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Jan 28, 2019, 12:12 PM

Jan 2019

Will the financial pain outweigh the benefit for RW Brexit supporters who wish to close the borders to immigrants? What a mess. With the US under Republican (Russian) control, we can't even help our partners in the UK or France. imo

Javaman

(62,540 posts)

3. off the cliff they will go. Scotland and N. Ireland are going to tell London to fuck off.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Jan 28, 2019, 01:01 PM

Jan 2019

and will join the EU after they jump the English sinking ship.

this will be horrible for the British people.

pride, stupidity, russian fuckery all combined to cause this.

and the tory's took it hook, line and sinker.

ProfessorPlum

(11,284 posts)

4. couldn't have said it better myself

Reply to Javaman (Reply #3)

Mon Jan 28, 2019, 01:07 PM

Jan 2019

what a toxic stew of racism, imbecility, and interference that has led to this. One half of their population is pulling their hair out trying to wake the other half up.