To respond paragraph by paragraph with identical citation:I think the deal was the likeliest outcome and probably the best both sides can hope for, but the Europeans appear to be more frustrated by the conclusion than the British side. Which Boris will of course take as a victory. The biggest change being that the Europeans were the more content with May's deal, than the British were, on a political level it is a victory for Johnson.
I've felt, living here as opposed to the UK, that a big fear for the EU was having a second major competitor with a chip on its shoulder alongside Russia, one to its East and the new one to it's West. The best solution for them was simply concluding talks with the UK in a positive manner.
The pro-EU papers are absolutely fizzing, talking about European history and how **** the UK is in every single aspect from the date of 1066 onwards, so on that basis the UK obviously won.
Bollocks, More Bollocks, Total Bollocks.
