UK's Brexit Secretary Raab takes a hard line, sets back Brexit negotiations

The UK Telegraph reports on a hard line demand by Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab

Raab has privately demanded the right to pull Britain out of EU's Irish backstop after just three months

The Tele says

• setting back the prospect of clinching a Brexit divorce deal this week
• Raab's proposal was put to the Irish deputy prime minister Simon Coveney in a private meeting in London last Tuesday

Here is the link for more (Tele is gated)

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GBP has opened for the week stronger due to weekend reports on bbbBrexit progress:

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This Raab headline now will be a setback for the pond I would think. Nice to see that Brexit headline ping pong continues. Glad I don't run an export business in the UK. Seems the pollies there have a dedication to destroying export markets previously unmatched. Dunno if that's much of an election motto, but there you go. On the bright side I might be able to pick up a sweet deal on a Triumph in a little while if this continues.