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Not convinced. How can it be fudged? Barnier dug his heels in. He Refuses to negotiate either WA or future arrangement. So short of capitulation they will run out of road, since nothing can happen to resolve it.

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An observation: Barnier is an agent. He was appointed to do a job by his masters and presumably is achieving what they want. Of course it suits them for him to be demonized by the UK but he (presumably) isn't a loose cannon or Merkel et al would have reigned him in.