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Readers voted in our poll on whether Boris Johnson’s adviser for Europe should walk out of the negotiations when they start again next month. A whopping 96 percent said yes, while just four percent said no.
Commenting on the poll, one reader wrote: “Barnier insists that the EU will not change its stance on positions unacceptable to the UK.
“What is the point of more conversations. Walk now and look for things that are acceptable to us with the rest of the world that wants to trade. “
Another enraged: “Let’s face it, after almost 4 full years of talking and getting nowhere, they are not going to reach an agreement in the next few weeks.
“As much as the EU needs a deal, they simply cannot afford to give us a good one, as it will send an escape signal to all other EU members.
“Just walk away and stop wasting everyone’s time.”
A third commented: “After 4.5 years of talking, talking, talking and now more talk is just a waste of time and money.
“The EU will never give us an agreement, they will only want to hold the talks to get more money from us or finally to get what they want, which is for Britain to stay in the EU for our money.
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One more urged, “Why bother waiting? Do it now. Finish the transition, now. Start changing the laws, now.
“We have lost enough time already. It is time that we start to order our own country. “
Little progress was made in the seventh round of post-Brexit negotiations earlier this month.
EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier warned that reaching an agreement seemed “unlikely.”
His British counterpart, Mr Frost, insisted that an agreement could still be reached.
But the prime minister’s adviser for Europe criticized the EU for thwarting negotiations by trying to force Britain to adhere to Brussels’ state aid and fisheries rules before allowing more work to be done in other areas.
He said: “The EU continues to insist not only that we must accept the continuity of EU state aid and fisheries policy, but also that this must be agreed before any further substantive work can be done in any other area of the negotiation, including legal texts.
“This makes it unnecessarily difficult to move forward.
“There are other important areas that remain to be resolved and, even where there is broad understanding among negotiators, there are many details to be resolved.
“Time is short for both sides.”
The UK is in a transition period with the EU until the end of the year, as the two sides attempt to negotiate a post-Brexit trade deal.
Express.co.uk surveyed 15,342 people on August 31.
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