Chris

Or perhaps, hopefully the EU will see sense. I believe he has correctly understood what was the essence of the Brexit vote and is pursuing it. The EU on the other hand is hoping for precisely the sort of fold you want Boris to make.

There is a deal to be done, but until the EU takes the difficult intellectual step of accepting a member state has left the union and that this entails its full resumption of sovereign control over its territory and affairs, then that deal cannot be done. They have only days left to turn this around.