The agenda at Monday’s crunch assembly between Theresa May and Jean Claude-Juncker is not what voters were promisedAs the scale of the Brexit climbdown takes shape this weekend,one thing is already becoming clear: this wasn’t what leaving the EU was meant to glance like. Ahead of Monday’s crunch assembly between Theresa May and commission president, Jean Claude-Juncker, or the comparison between what is on the table in Brussels and what British voters were promised is striking.
The first disappointment is that the UK government is not even talking approximately the things it really wants yet. The concessions Britain is being pressed to finalise – on money,regulation and legal independence – are simply to begin the process of discussing a trade deal. The same Brexit enthusiasts who once insisted it would be ours for the taking now argue the cost is so tall we need to steel ourselves for living without it.
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Source: guardian.co.uk