[hibeejim21]

This is the real problem that cruella has - she would like the negotiations to be kept secret for obvious reasons (the weakness and incompetence of our position and the tories suppression of it) but this is impossible. The commission has to brief 27 different Governments and leaks are inevitable.

The EU is going for transparency and have been up front about what they want. The UK to settle its bill and guarantee the rights of EU citizens in the UK. Until that happens we are out in the cold.

I really don't think a lot of people have grasped how many UK manufacturers, though not technically exporting to the EU, are dependent on customers whose core markets are in the EU.