... and in other shock news an EU negotiator claims that an election result which strengthens May's position will have no bearing on the Brexit negotiations.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39681186
Yeah right, just like May losing seats wouldn't boost the EU's bargaining position. It'd be laughable if it weren't so pathetic.
Does anyone seriously expect any of the 'other side' to divulge anything which might have a beneficial effect on our negotiating position t the expense of theirs? Nope, they're going to bang on interminably about how they won't do this and we can't have that in order to try to weaken the UK's resolve, undermine HMG's position and secure the best deal they can for themselves. Anyone who doesn't think that, behind the scenes, major EU industrialists and their workforces are extremely concerned (and making representations to their governments) about possible adverse effects for them of Brexit is in about as much denial as the Eurocrats have shown themselves to be over the last few decades. We already knew that though didn't we because they're the ones who told us all about the imminent armageddon which would befall us should we have the temerity to leave the EU and are looking pretty silly right now.