More good news
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Darn shame. Guess they were a bit over confident in their demands for the exit.
To hell with the Ides of March! Beware the 29th! 
Bloody hell. At least May should be gone soon. That is why JRM said he would back Mayâs deal if she could sort out the backstop issue - just ensure there is a way out for the next leader. It seems like a real concerted effort to get rid of May now!
Meanwhile in Israel:
Mayâs deal would be so bad if the backstop was changed. With the backstop itâs terrible.
Mayâs deal isnât a deal. Itâs just another transition period which aims to tie us in with the backstop. Removing or putting an expiry to the backstop would allow whoever takes over a way out. I think they just want rid of May without permanently screwing ourselves.
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Stu ! That article link has now been removed, gives me a 404
The thing everybody is overlooking is that when we are a little further up the road, and out of the EU (we hope), we simply say that the UK is not going to do that any more.
Who knowâs what to believe ? Iâm ignoring most of the day to day drama for the sake of my sanity. I only posted that as my brother emailed it to me along with some other expletives. Letâs see how the deck looks at 11pm on the 29th.
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Yes it has been removed, same for me. I have it on email so here is the content:
Duplicitous leaders
Tuesday, 05 March 2019
There is no doubt about the veracity of this account since documents have been seen.
On Monday July 9th 2018, several leading French, German and Dutch senior managers were called by EU officials to an urgent meeting.
The meeting was said to be private and those present were informed that Prime Minister May and Chancellor Merkel had reached an Agreement over Brexit. Knowledge of this was attained from the actual transcript of the meeting between May and Merkel.
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The Agreement was couched in a way to âappeaseâ the Brexit voters.
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The Agreement would enable May to get rid of those people in her party who were against progress and unity in the EU.
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Both Merkel and May agreed that the likely course of events would be that UK would re-join the EU in full at some time after the next general election.
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May agreed to keep as many EU laws and institutions as she could despite the current groundswell of âanti-EU hysteriaâ in Britain (Mayâs own words, apparently.)
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Merkel and May agreed that the only realistic future for the UK was within the EU.
The original Agreement draft was completed in May 2018 in Berlin and then sent to the UK Government Cabinet Office marked âSecretâ.
NB This Agreement draft was authored in the German Chancellorâs private office.
The Cabinet returned the Agreement draft with suggestions, and there was some to-ing and fro-ing during June 5th 2018.
Private calls between the Prime Minister and Chancellor were made.
The Agreementâs final draft came out late in June 2018. The German Chancellor told Prime Minister May that this was a deal she would support, though there would need to be some more small concessions by the UK to keep the EU happy.
The Chancellor and Prime Minister met in Germany. Merkel had this meeting recorded as a âprivate meetingâ though the Prime Minister was probably unaware of that.
The Chancellor had the transcript of that meeting circulated secretly to EU and key German embassies.
Conclusions
Documents make it quite clear that Prime Minister May was negotiating with Germany, not the EU.
The transcript also makes it clear that the Prime Minister intended to keep all this secret from minsters, especially the Brexit group.
She wants to keep as many EU institutions in UK as intact as possible in order to facilitate an easy return to the EU after 2020.
Chancellor Merkel briefed May on tactics to force Cabinet approval.
The Prime Minister and senior civil servants were working with Germany to stop Brexit or water it down to prevent free trade and the ending of freedom of movement, but to keep cash flowing to the EU.
David Davis was kept in the dark while key EU premiers in France, Holland and Ireland were briefed in full.
Key EU heads were actually briefed in full the day before the Cabinet meeting at Chequers.
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Carnage on damage limitation as he doesnât want to look a total numpty again.
Its from the Bruges group and this is the message I got while searching for it - they say it will be reworked and published but donât hold your breath
[Bruges Group
(@BrugesGroup)](https://twitter.com/BrugesGroup?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author)
An article âDuplicitous Leadersâ was initially published in draft form on our website. It has been removed from our website while it is being reworked and updated. We plan to publish the updated article as soon as it is ready.
Macron Slams Brexit: âNever Has Europe Been in Such Dangerâ
French President pens letter to tackle âmanipulationâ and âfake newsâ in elections - French President Emmanuel Macron is calling for a European ârenaissanceâ as Brexit&nb... | NEON NETTLE
Thanks Stu. I wondering, should I (depersonalise it and) print it out and send it to Boris�
Maybe with the AltNewsMedia link.
No wonder there was all that hype about stamping on people for reading âthe wrong stuffâ on the internet.
The Bruges Group publishing that on their site really says something for me. I donât think it will be the wrong stuff from them. They arenât exactly a bunch of âNews of The Worldâ hacks.
Iâm sure Boris knows as his number one fan has postedâŚ
https://cyberboris.wordpress.com/
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British Prime Minister Theresa May is facing the prospect of yet another heavy defeat in next weekâs parliamentary vote on her Brexit deal.
May is expected to lose by up to 100 votes when British politicians decide on March 12 whether or not to sign her divorce terms into the U.K. statute book, according to The Telegraph.
That would pave the way for U.K. parliamentarians to either opt to crash out of the European trading bloc without a deal in a vote on March 13, or seek to delay Brexit in a vote on March 14.
But these votes could be delayed if May decides to try for a third time to get her deal passed in parliament. The U.K. is currently scheduled to exit from the EU with or without a deal on March 29.
News of another potential Brexit defeat for May follows reports that this weekâs meeting between British attorney general Geoffrey Cox and the European Unionâs chief negotiator Michel Barnier has yielded no progress.
Cox had hoped to convince his EU counterparts to specify a time limit or exit clause from the withdrawal agreementâs Irish backstop â the contentious plan to avoid a hard border in Ireland â to win the support of Brexit-backing Conservative lawmakers. But EU leaders have proven unwilling to offer any concessions.
Mayâs chief Brexit envoy Olly Robbins is in Brussels today in a last-ditch attempt to end the stalemate.