'Hulk-like Boris Johnson will challenge wary Jean-Claude Juncker into bashing out Brexit deal'
In their first face-to-face meeting in Luxembourg on Monday, Mr Johnson will ask the EU Commission president to finally open formal negotiations.said on Sunday that he was “not optimistic” any deal could be struck, as Mr Johnson’s plans still fall short. Ahead of their showdown meeting, the PM said on Sunday: “I will commit UK officials and my lead negotiator to work flat out to come up with a new agreement without being trapped into EU laws.
A senior No10 source told The Sun: “What’s the point in us putting down a grand plan just for them to rip it up in front of us?Threatening to turn into the Hulk if his pleas are refused, No10 also said the PM will tell Mr Juncker, mocked up here as Marvel villain Thanos, that if no deal is agreed at a crunch EU summit next month, he willIn The Incredible Hulk, mild-mannered scientist Bruce Banner turns into the green monster when he is angered.
“The madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets and he always escaped, no matter how tightly bound in he seemed to be — and that is the case for this country.Guy VerhofstadtHe tweeted: “Even to Trumpian standards, the Hulk comparison is infantile.
Mr Barclay told BBC Radio 5’s Pienaar’s Politics: “It is the case that operationally these issues do not apply until the end of the implementation period, which is December 2020 or one or two years later by mutual agreement.”But he added: “There is significant work still to do. The talks tomorrow will be an important step forward as part of that.”the Malthouse CompromiseBut Downing Street on Sunday night played down the suggestion.
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