From the start – no, even before the start – the EU controlled the processThat humiliation has reached spectacular depths in recent weeks. But what is indisputable is that the EU has got what it wants from the Brexit process so far and the UK has not. Raw powerAs an exercise in raw power, in negotiating strategy and statecraft, it has been awesome. So at every decisive point in the process the British were forced to concede. But the failure of British leadership was much wider.
Source: The Irish Times April 06, 2019 03:00 UTC