EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jun/19/uk-caves-in-to-eu-demand-to-agree-divorce-bill-before-trade-talks

Good to hear that proper government is not dead:

“It’s not how it starts, it’s how it finishes that matters,” Davis said in Brussels after their first day of formal talks. “Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed.”

Both transparent fallacies, which no doubt will highly impress ringside punters. Davis evidently can't quite muster the rhetorical punch of 'Brexit means Brexit'. Future assessments are likely to include 'it's only a scratch' and 'let's call it a draw'.

No comparison with Barnier's pithy summary:

“We are looking to unravel 43 years of patiently built relations.”