Europe ponders how to avoid blame for no-deal
As the courts are drawn into the argument, there is still no sign of an alternative proposal to the rejected deal
IT IS UNUSUAL for European diplomats to become obsessed with British constitutional niceties. But recently they have watched Westminster with rare attention—and growing concern. Some gloat over the chaos of Boris Johnson’s government, after it lost six Commons votes, its parliamentary majority, a clutch of Tory MPs and two ministers. Yet many are also alarmed by Mr Johnson’s bullheaded insistence on leaving the EU on October 31st, “do or die”, meaning deal or no-deal.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Watchers in the dark”
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