The UK Government Is Completely Deluded About Brexit (BRUTAL Forbes piece)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/francescoppola/2017/04/30/the-uk-government-is-completely-deluded-about-brexit/#8f64a9f4f046
The UKs eventual exit from the EU is looking more and more likely to be a train wreck. The Brexiteers in Prime Minister Theresa Mays administration are living in a fantasy world. And although May herself comes across as sensible and pragmatic, it now appears that she is as deluded as they are.
Last Wednesday, April 25th, May met the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, for dinner in London. Senior members of the British and EU negotiating teams were also present.
The dinner was a total disaster. But just how badly it went, at least from the European Commissions point of view, has only just been revealed.
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EU side felt May was seeing whole thing through rose-tinted-glasses. "Let us make Brexit a success" she told them. Juncker countered that Britain will now be a third state, not even (like Turkey) in the customs union: "Brexit cannot be a success".
May was apparently not even briefed for that response as a contingency...