Victory for Brussels is inevitable. In adopting Chequers, we have gone into battle waving the white flag
By
Boris Johnson
2 September 2018 • 10:00pm
'The UK has agreed to hand over £40bn for two thirds of diddly squat', writes Boris Johnson Credit: Dario Pignatelli/ Bloomberg
So it’s ding ding! Seconds out! And we begin the final round of that international slug fest, the Brexit negotiations. Out of their corners come Dominic Raab and Michel Barnier, shrugging their shoulders and beating their chests – and I just hope you aren’t one of those trusting souls who still thinks it could really go either way. The fix is in. The whole thing is about as pre-ordained as a bout between Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy; and in this case, I am afraid, the inevitable outcome is a victory for the EU, with the UK lying flat on the canvas with 12 stars circling symbolically over our semi-conscious head.
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