Just wondering if it would be overly cynical of me to this that the latest nonsense on stilts from Davis & May is deliberately designed to be rejected.
The EU27 want to sort out the exit bill, citizens rights & the Anglo-Irish border. The government want to talk about post-exit trade arrangements.
They want to leave the customs union for a customs federation.
The EU27 have said sort the 1st bits then we'll talk about post-exit arrangements. There is the issue of customs arrangements explicitly hanging over the border but having an transitional deal just kicks that particular can down the road.
Any agreement has to be agreed by all 27 states (including in some cases both national & regional assemblies), the European Parliament & the EU Commission. Any one of these could veto any proposed arrangement (Ireland are already said to be unhappy).
I'm wondering if by starting off without a clue then producing papers with proposals that have a fly's fart chance of being adopted it gives Maybot an out: "Well we tried to get a deal but those meanies in [insert assorted names here] didn't want to play ball/vetoed our entirely sensible proposals."
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