This morning on the Today programme we heard a German MEP, leader of a group in the EU parliament talking about Theresa May's first summit meeting where she said Britain expected to play a full part in EU discussions until we exited the union (HERE).
This has apparently not gone down well (HERE) since some UK minister has talked about blocking things which the EU want to do in the future on cyber security and other things which will have no impact on the UK at all. Talk about how not to win friends! It would not be a shock to learn the EU does not want a trade deal with us at all and are happy to go along with WTO rules.
Also, we caught a bit of Question Time last night. Yanis Varoufakis, the former Greek finance minister said Theresa May has committed to compensating Nissan if tariffs are imposed - and he accused Conrad Black of living in a parallel universe for saying he thought the EU would "come to its senses" and offer us a good deal. If anyone knows how hard line the EU can be it is Mr Varoufakis.
EU President Donald Tusk told May that her desire for the U.K. to be a “strong and dependable” partner may be easier said than done as he ignored her protests to say that the remaining 27 members would continue to meet without Britain.
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