Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: You'll recall Kemi Badenoch was caught in a lie when she said free trade talks were ...

You'll recall Kemi Badenoch was caught in a lie when she said free trade talks were containing with Canada when she had actually unilaterally paused them.... now having annoyed the Canadians the time has just about run our on the post-Brexit transition deal.

As before Badenoch is blaming the Canadians, but the bigger problem is that she doesn't seem to realise that she is arguing from a position of weakness not strength - the UK needs a deal a lot more than the Canadians!

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