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Now May should say sorry to our EU friends
It’s no poker game because, as Simon Tilford of the Centre for European Reform points out, in poker the power of a hand is that it’s secret. Europe knows exactly how few cards we have to play. And if May’s position was weak a month ago, it is infinitely weaker now.