Neither London nor Berlin would offer any detailed official account of their phone call, in line with diplomatic protocol. And, with that, the Brexit blame game had gone into full swing. In Brussels, European diplomats were aghast at what they saw as the No 10 spin machine out of control. Kids in the kindergarten behave more maturely than this,” one senior diplomat said of the latest No 10 briefings. In months and years to come, historians may look back on this day of febrile briefings as the moment an always elusive October deal slipped out of grasp.

Source: The Guardian October 08, 2019 18:31 UTC