Amicable Brexit divorce hinges on cash settlement on April 10, 2017Business people and diplomats are familiar with the cliché that negotiations are best conducted on a “win-win” basis. But the Brexit talks are different. The negotiators on both sides are looking for a lose-lose deal. They know that if the talks are to succeed, the UK and the EU must be satisfied with the level […]
The chaotic route to train-crash Brexit on December 26, 2016So which is it to be: “hard” or “soft” Brexit? Maybe neither. There is a third possibility that is little discussed but increasingly likely: “train-crash Brexit”. In this version of events, the UK and the EU fail to agree a negotiated divorce. Instead, Britain simply crashes out of the EU – with chaotic consequences for […]