EU says “non” to Brexit deal

The EU’s chief negotiator has rejected May’s plans. A fudge is on the cards. Emily Hohler reports.

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Dominic Raab and Michel Barnier: still a long way apart
(Image credit: © 2018 Bloomberg Finance LP)

Michel Barnier has "effectively killed off" Theresa May's latest customs plan, warning that the European Union wouldn't accept Britain collecting duties on its behalf after Brexit, says James Crisp in The Daily Telegraph. The EU's chief negotiator refused to accept that Britain had "evolved its position" following "crunch Cabinet talks" at Chequers, which led to the resignations of David Davis and Boris Johnson. May's White Paper, which "squeaked through Parliament by a handful of votes", envisages Britain signing up to a common rulebook and shared customs arrangements with Brussels.

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Emily Hohler
Politics editor

Emily has worked as a journalist for more than thirty years and was formerly Assistant Editor of MoneyWeek, which she helped launch in 2000. Prior to this, she was Deputy Features Editor of The Times and a Commissioning Editor for The Independent on Sunday and The Daily Telegraph. She has written for most of the national newspapers including The Times, the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, The Evening Standard and The Daily Mail, She interviewed celebrities weekly for The Sunday Telegraph and wrote a regular column for The Evening Standard. As Political Editor of MoneyWeek, Emily has covered subjects from Brexit to the Gaza war.

Aside from her writing, Emily trained as Nutritional Therapist following her son's diagnosis with Type 1 diabetes in 2011 and now works as a practitioner for Nature Doc, offering one-to-one consultations and running workshops in Oxfordshire.