EU DOWNFALL: Attempts to bully and bamboozle Britain over Brexit will lead to its own end

“Both sides have toyed with splitting the other. At home, we remain mesmerised by Leavers vs Remainers, but the EU27 has its own fissures – budget contributors vs consumers, exporters of goods vs exporters of labour.”

He likened the EU’s red-line Brexit issues to a car driver ditching his steering wheel during a game of ‘chicken’ – a reckless move aimed to guarentee victory but which most likely signals his own doom. 

Mr Saltiel said: “Think of Brussels’ position-papers as though the steering-wheel thrown out of the car by fifties dragsters playing ‘chicken’. Then again, the UK is able to exploit sixty years of EU shakedowns, leaving it unpopular with other international traders.

“The prospect of deals with third parties has Brussels rattled.

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