Plenty more Brexit arguments to be settled yet

Many important negotiations remain to be sealed in our deal with the EU. “No deal is better than a bad deal” is the way to play it, says Matthew Lynn

Michel Barnier
Barnier: we haven’t seen the last of him yet
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We thought it was all over. After years of wrangling, stand-offs, walk-outs and arguments, the UK and the EU finally reached a trade deal just before Christmas, and with only days remaining before the transitional arrangement expired at the end of the old year. And yet, just when you thought we could safely forget about wrangling with Michel Barnier, it turns out the arguments are set to continue.

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Matthew Lynn

Matthew Lynn is a columnist for Bloomberg, and writes weekly commentary syndicated in papers such as the Daily Telegraph, Die Welt, the Sydney Morning Herald, the South China Morning Post and the Miami Herald. He is also an associate editor of Spectator Business, and a regular contributor to The Spectator. Before that, he worked for the business section of the Sunday Times for ten years. 

He has written books on finance and financial topics, including Bust: Greece, The Euro and The Sovereign Debt Crisis and The Long Depression: The Slump of 2008 to 2031. Matthew is also the author of the Death Force series of military thrillers and the founder of Lume Books, an independent publisher.