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The negotiations on the Withdrawal Agreement took near on three years and were completed, the agreement drawn up and presented to the UK Parliament, that three times rejected it.

If the process is currently stalled, it's hardly the EU's fault.

Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
Won't be nothing
Nothing you can measure anymore
L. Cohen

by john_evans (john(dot)evans(dot)et(at)gmail(dot)com) on Fri Jul 26th, 2019 at 04:27:19 PM EST
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Ah yes, but De Pfeffle isn't going to be talking to some jumped up bureaucrats in Brussels. His negotiating will be done with his peers - Trump, Merkel, Macron - perhaps at a conference similar to that at Yalta after the war - Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt - where the spoils of Brexit will be divided, and the Irish will be so much collateral damage...

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Fri Jul 26th, 2019 at 05:42:00 PM EST
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Am I wrong that this comment is somewhat tongue-in-cheek?

Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
Won't be nothing
Nothing you can measure anymore
L. Cohen
by john_evans (john(dot)evans(dot)et(at)gmail(dot)com) on Fri Jul 26th, 2019 at 05:57:49 PM EST
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if he is, then comedy revelas a definite truth to the brexiteers mindset. Leavers have noted repeatedly that the Tories have tried to divide and rule the EU by going over the head of the Commission and speaking directly to the leaders of EU countries.

It's not worked yet, but they keep banging their head on the same wall

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Jul 26th, 2019 at 06:56:18 PM EST
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All true.

Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
Won't be nothing
Nothing you can measure anymore
L. Cohen
by john_evans (john(dot)evans(dot)et(at)gmail(dot)com) on Fri Jul 26th, 2019 at 07:39:52 PM EST
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Well how else can De Pfeffle emulate his idol Churchill...

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Fri Jul 26th, 2019 at 09:19:15 PM EST
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Amazing idea, strictly neutral territory on the frontier between the EU/NATO and the democratic new republic of Russia 😣

Can resolve some local issues of piracy and prisoner exchange while the 3-some are at it. Sochi would be a bit contentious ...

Yalta beach

I'm certain the white man in his house in Washington DC would be jealous of Boris. Is there a golf course or was the last conference before the Eisenhower/Nixon ticket?

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Fri Jul 26th, 2019 at 06:43:14 PM EST
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Trump, Merkel, Macron dividing up the spoils at Yalta is one thing, but I don't see why they would invite de Pfeffel??
by fjallstrom on Sun Jul 28th, 2019 at 09:58:32 AM EST
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