Brexit: UK may 'clarify' new offer after EU urged 'fundamental changes'
The UK has said its new proposals, presented on Wednesday, represent a"significant" shift and the basis for a"fair and reasonable compromise" after months of deadlock.
The EU's negotiators told diplomats on Friday that questions and gaps still remained and that fundamental changes were needed to make the UK blueprint acceptable. Labour's Barry Gardiner told the same programme the PM seemed to be"lying to himself" over the Brexit deadline and he had a"tangential grasp" of the truth.
Anti-Brexit campaigners say Mr Johnson cannot be trusted, given the apparent contradiction between his repeated insistence on a 31 October Brexit and documents seen by Edinburgh's Court of Session suggesting he will request a delay if the conditions of the Benn Act are met. "The government is making its true position on delay known privately in Europe and this will become public soon," the source said.
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