Britain’s diplomatic delusions
LESS than two months are left until the October European Union summit that was meant to agree a Brexit deal. Yet the gap between the two sides remains wide. Theresa May proposed her Chequers plan for future relations only seven weeks ago. That made it wise for Dominic Raab, the Brexit secretary, and Michel Barnier, the European Commission’s Brexit pointman, to agree in Brussels this week to continuous negotiations. It follows a flurry of diplomacy by Mrs May and her foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt... Читать дальше...