Some
political commentators have interpreted the Prime Minister’s Florence speech as an
attempt to go over the head of Michel Barnier, the EU’s Chief Negotiator, and
appeal directly to the governments of the other member states. Since the latter are the people who
collectively set the negotiating brief, that would not be an entirely
misdirected strategy – the people who set the strategy are the only ones who
can change it. Whether it will be
successful or not is another question; past attempts to deal directly with
individual member states have been seen as an attempt to undermine the unity of
the 27, and been given short shrift as a result.
But
hold on a minute – I’m sure that the Brexiteers told us that one of the reasons
that we needed to leave was because member states were subservient to the ‘unelected
Brussels bureaucrats’ and couldn’t influence the direction of the EU. That couldn’t possibly have been another
porky, could it?
Ethan Ampadu sets out ambitions as he become youngest Welshman to win 50
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Ethan Ampadu insists he has a lot more to achieve in football as he
prepares to become the youngest Welshman to win 50 caps. Ampadu is set to
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