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Rude awakening for Brexit diplomacy
“Hardline eurosceptics criticised him [Ivan Rogers] for advising Cameron on the limits of what he could ask for in his renegotiation, but he told the truth - that the 27 were not prepared to give more than they offered,” says Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform.