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The Union flag flies outside the Berlaymont building, the Headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels, for the first time this year ahead of the visit by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
MUCH of the Brexit endgame is conducted as theatre.
No surprise to shop stewards, union negotiators or even market traders who know from long experience that what appears as an irremovable obstruction to agreement can suddenly vanish into thin air and that a posture of resolute resistance is often the precursor of sudden breakthrough.
Johnson's Brussels day trip is his opportunity to grab the limelight with the promise of a last-minute deal. The sudden concession in agreeing to remove elements of the Internal Market Bill was designed to change the mood music.
US tariffs have had Von der Leyen bowing in submission, while comments from the former European Central Bank leader call for more European political integration and less individual state sovereignty. All this adds up to more pain and austerity ahead, argues NICK WRIGHT
