The emerging Labour-Tory compromise on Brexit is all a mirage

Government lies on Brexit are always found out – and it will be the same in cross-party talks

The powers that be in Brussels are far from dewy-eyed innocents. There is an acceptance of the need at times for the deployment of half-truths or some finessing of the actualité to get stuff done.

But a standout lesson of the Brexit negotiations for EU officials and diplomats intimately involved is the British government’s almost obsessive inclination to deceive.

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