Michel Barnier has clearly had tougher negotiations with his kids about watching TV than he’s had with British politiciansIt’s all starting to get a bit embarrassing. In the press conferences following the early rounds of negotiations,Michel Barnier used to get a point of making most of his remarks in English to get things easier for David Davis. But at the sixth time of asking he’s clearly decided there isn’t any language that Davis properly understands, so he might as well suit himself and speak in his native French. Barnier bashed his head against the lectern. He wasn’t certain how much plainer he could be. What bit of “honest and genuine progress” did the British Brexit secretary not understand? He tried again. This time speaking a bit slower. As he would to a not-very-bright six-year-old. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk