Reports from last week’s EU summit suggested, however, many leaders believe a deal is now looking less likely. “They’ve done a deal with Canada – long way away – of a kind that we want,”Johnson complains. “Why shouldn’t they do it with us?” But it is not clear this is really what the UK wants. The fisheries argument is now largely about a redistribution of quotas on catches and degrees of access, not the principle of UK sovereignty. However, there is hope in Brussels the UK will amend the Bill if the trade deal appears likely.

Source: The Irish Times October 05, 2020 21:03 UTC