'No basis for negotiations': UK tells EU's Michel Barnier not to come to London for talks Boris Johnson says Britain should prepare for final no-deal break as Lord Frost updates EU's chief negotiator on PM's latest statement (NO DEAL LIKELY)

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[Cronos]

The UK has asked for more than the Canada deal.

What the UK and EU have been attempting to negotiate is something more than that enjoyed by Canada, however. Both sides say they want a “zero tariff, zero quota” agreement by the end of the year

Downing Street says the EU is offering less generous terms than are included in the Ceta deal. There are various examples including the length of stay for short-term business visitors and the lack of sector-specific provisions for key industries with particular technical barriers such as motor vehicles, medicinal products, organics and chemicals.

Johnson demanded that the EU’s chief negotiator come to London if he wanted to talk – 24 hours after Barnier had said in a press conference that he was coming to London for talks.

[Winniesboy]

Excruciatingly, it's still too early to count the chickens. The majority of the commentariat, coming from all sides of the question, apparently believes that this latest 'that's it' statement from Johnson, and the EU response, are yet another ritual theatre move. So we're not yet at the end of the endgame, though past the end of the beginning. Perhaps we're now at the end of the beginning of the beginning of the end: but who knows.

[Cronos]

Exactly. We’ll see how the cards fall on December 31. But then in 2021 we have the Scottish elections

[SteveH]

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1349243/brexit-news-brexit-campaign-boris-johnson-michael-gove-no-deal-australia-style-deal