Question may come down to whether details can be squared with Boris Johnson’s conception of sovereignty
The carefully staged photo of Boris Johnson’s Saturday phone call to Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European commission, showed him gesturing forcefully into the ether in the moody half-light – keeping negotiations alive to the last.
But at some point over the next 48 hours, perhaps less, the talking will have to stop. The British prime minister must then make the momentous decision about whether to walk away: and even the most dedicated Brexit-watchers are reluctant to call it.
Continue reading…Question may come down to whether details can be squared with Boris Johnson’s conception of sovereigntyThe carefully staged photo of Boris Johnson’s Saturday phone call to Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European commission, showed him gesturing forcefully into the ether in the moody half-light – keeping negotiations alive to the last.But at some point over the next 48 hours, perhaps less, the talking will have to stop. The British prime minister must then make the momentous decision about whether to walk away: and even the most dedicated Brexit-watchers are reluctant to call it. Continue reading…