I don’t think Philip Hammond has received the latest hymn sheet. Here’s what he said today on the EUs draft guidelines in the upcoming trade talks;
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The EU is a very skilled negotiator. They’ve done this many times [before] - not precisely this, but they’ve negotiated agreements with many countries. They are very skilled, very disciplined in the way they carry out their negotiation. And it does not surprise me remotely that what they’ve set out this morning is a very tough position. That’s what any competent, skilled, experienced negotiator would do.
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