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Table of Contents
Оглавление1 Cover
2 Praise for My Secret Brexit Diary
6 Epigraph
7 Quote
9 The Main Players For the UK For the EU
11 Origins of the Referendum Notes
12 Diary
13 2016 Friday, 24 June 2016: A rude awakening Sunday, 26 June 2016: Three British divides Thursday, 7 July 2016: On the plane with Jean-Claude Juncker Wednesday, 13 July 2016: Enter Theresa May Wednesday, 27 July 2016: Provocation? Monday, 8 August 2016: First names Wednesday, 31 August 2016: Trio Sunday, 2 October 2016: Birmingham – Theresa May in the spotlight Monday, 3 October 2016: Getting started Tuesday, 4 October 2016: The Hague Wednesday, 5 October 2016: Bucharest Thursday, 6 October 2016: ‘Our enemy is the Commission’ Friday, 7 October 2016: Notre Europe Saturday, 8 October 2016: Theresa May among her own Monday, 10 October 2016: Warsaw Monday, 17 October 2016: The financial settlement Wednesday, 19 October 2016: Ljubljana Wednesday, 26 October 2016: Zagreb Friday, 11 November 2016: Focus on strategy Monday, 21 November 2016: Raising a glass of Prosecco to Boris Wednesday, 30 November 2016: Facing the press Thursday, 22 December 2016: Grounded planes? Notes
14 2017 Tuesday, 17 January 2017: Lancaster House – Theresa May shows her hand Thursday, 19 January 2017: Paris, National Assembly Tuesday, 24 January 2017: UK Parliament Thursday, 2 February 2017: White Paper Wednesday, 22 March 2017: European Committee of the Regions Wednesday, 29 March 2017: Notification Friday, 31 March 2017: Sadness and regret Tuesday, 4 April 2017: European Parliament resolution Wednesday, 5 April 2017: Farage in his element… Tuesday, 11 April 2017: Sherpas Wednesday, 12 April 2017: Tensions over Gibraltar Tuesday, 18 April 2017: Chef’s surprise... Wednesday, 26 April 2017: Dinner in London Saturday, 29 April 2017: Green light from the twenty-seven on the negotiation framework Sunday, 30 April 2017: Leaks Wednesday, 3 May 2017: Guidelines approved Friday, 5 May 2017: Florence, Palazzo Vecchio Sunday, 7 May 2017: A new President of the Republic Thursday, 11 May 2017: Dublin to Dundalk Monday, 22 May 2017: Official mandate Wednesday, 24 May 2017: Battle of the flags Monday, 29 May 2017: Malta Tuesday, 30 May 2017: 759 agreements… Sunday, 11 June 2017: A wager lost… Monday, 12 June 2017: Talks on the talks Sunday, 18 June 2017: A breath of fresh air Monday, 19 June 2017: The first session – at last! Thursday, 22 June 2017: After-dinner conversation Friday, 23 June 2017: Europe is back Tuesday, 27 June 2017: David Davis calling Saturday, 1 July 2017: Tribute to Helmut Kohl Monday, 3 July 2017: Fishing in troubled waters Wednesday, 5 July 2017: Tribute to Simone Veil Thursday, 6 July 2017: Zeebrugge Wednesday, 12 July 2017: No whistling, just the clock ticking Thursday, 13 July 2017: Open day for the British Monday, 17 July 2017: Round two Tuesday, 18 July 2017: Money, money, money… Thursday, 20 July 2017: At the Élysée Palace Thursday, 10 August 2017: Cypriot imbroglio Monday, 28 August 2017: No way! Tuesday, 29 August 2017: Transition period? What transition period? Wednesday, 30 August 2017: ‘Cornering Barnier’ Thursday, 31 August 2017: ‘Your legal analysis is broadly without merit’ Saturday, 2 September 2017: No lessons to be learned Thursday, 7 September 2017: A return to myth Sunday, 17 September 2017: Boris Johnson puts pen to paper Monday, 18 September 2017: English breakfast Tuesday, 19 September 2017: The British offensive Thursday, 21 September 2017: ‘Where there’s a will… ’ Friday, 22 September 2017: In Florence, Theresa May drives the point home Monday, 25 September 2017: Round four Tuesday, 3 October 2017: A resolute Parliament Wednesday, 4 October 2017: Agincourt Thursday, 5 October 2017: Stockholm Friday, 6 October 2017: Hard line from the ambassadors Thursday, 12 October 2017: Brussels – dinner with Theresa May Friday, 20 October 2017: European Council Thursday, 9 November 2017: Rome Monday, 13 November 2017: Warsaw Friday, 24 November 2017: What remains to be done (in the first phase) Monday, 27 November 2017: Tallinn Tuesday, 28 November 2017: Angela Merkel Sunday, 3 December 2017: Finally, some progress… Monday, 4 December 2017: The Irish trap Tuesday, 5 December 2017: London in ferment Wednesday, 6 December 2017: Olly Robbins in Brussels Thursday, 7 December 2017: An evening on the phone Friday, 8 December 2017: Brussels at dawn Monday, 11 December 2017: Non-binding? Tuesday, 12 December 2017: Meghan and Harry Friday, 15 December 2017: European Council and gastronomic competition Notes
15 2018 Monday, 8 January 2018: ‘After Brexit, the EU will no longer exist’ Wednesday, 10 January 2018: Gift basket Monday, 15 January 2018: Remainers Thursday, 18 January 2018: Concerns in Luxembourg Monday, 29 January 2018: Transition under duress Wednesday, 31 January 2018: Some rather belated studies… Friday, 2 February 2018: Global Britain? Monday, 5 February 2018: Back to Number 10 Wednesday, 7 February 2018: In Frankfurt with Mario Draghi Friday, 9 February 2018: An overheated press room Wednesday, 14 February 2018: Boris Johnson’s organic carrots Saturday, 17 February 2018: Security and defence in Munich Wednesday, 21 February 2018: UK delegations Wednesday, 28 February 2018: Draft treaty Friday 2 March 2018: Cherry-picking Saturday, 3 March 2018: With Danish fishermen Monday, 5 March 2018: First Irish day Tuesday, 6 March 2018: With the ‘iron ladies’ of the DUP Monday, 12 March 2018: The outermost regions Tuesday, 13 March 2018: Plenary session Thursday, 15 March 2018: Before the twenty-seven ambassadors Monday, 19 March 2018 – David Davis is back Wednesday, 21 March 2018: St Patrick’s Day Thursday, 22 March 2018: Mario Draghi Friday, 23 March 2018: European Council Thursday, 5 April 2018: Helsinki Tuesday, 10 April 2018: Spitzenkandidat Thursday, 12 April 2018: Prague Tuesday, 24 April 2018: A new team in Berlin Thursday, 26 April 2018: Sofia Sunday, 29 April 2018: The General’s Ireland Monday, 30 April 2018: A fragile peace on the island of Ireland Tuesday, 1 May 2018: A difficult job Monday, 14 May 2018: ‘Little, not “very little”’ Thursday, 17 May 2018: Churchill meets Adenauer… Saturday, 19 May 2018: Royal wedding Tuesday, 22 May 2018: Poorer by £900 Saturday, 26 May 2018: Lisbon Monday, 4 June 2018: Budapest Thursday, 7 June 2018: David Davis threatens to resign Friday, 8 June 2018: Backstop means backstop! Monday, 11 June 2018: Croissants for David Davis Thursday, 14 June 2018: Isolating Ireland Monday, 18 June 2018: A beer on the Danube Tuesday, 19 June 2018: Brexit and homeland security Saturday, 23 June 2018: With future customs officers at Schiphol Friday, 29 June 2018: European Council Thursday, 5 July 2018: Vilnius Friday, 6 July 2018: The battle of Chequers Saturday, 7 July 2018: David Davis calling Sunday, 8 July 2018: David Davis resigns Monday, 9 July 2018: New York Tuesday, 10 July 2018: France and Belgium Wednesday, 11 July 2018: Donald Trump’s ministers Thursday, 12 July 2018: With Christine Lagarde in Washington Friday, 13 July 2018: Une grand dame Sunday, 15 July 2018: White Paper Wednesday, 18 July 2018: Tony Blair Thursday, 19 July 2018: Dominic Raab Tuesday, 24 July 2018: Theresa May takes over Wednesday, 25 July 2018: Misunderstanding Friday, 27 July 2018: Athens, scarred by fire Friday, 10 August 2018: Theresa May at Brégançon Wednesday, 15 August 2018: The memoirs of Alain Prate Thursday, 16 August 2018: Jim Ratcliffe Tuesday, 21 August 2018: Dominic Raab on the attack Sunday, 26 August 2018: The General and England Friday, 31 August 2018: Misunderstandings Monday, 3 September 2018: Thai shrimp and Chinese bikes… Thursday, 6 September 2018: Governance and Ireland Tuesday, 11 September 2018: A slice of potica Wednesday, 12 September 2018: Three tweets Monday, 17 September 2018: Madrid Thursday, 20 September 2018: A high-tension Salzburg Friday, 21 September 2018: Dirty rats Saturday, 22 September 2018: A piece of cake? Wednesday, 26 September 2018: Port infrastructure Thursday, 27 September 2018: Jeremy Corbyn Friday, 28 September 2018: Negotiation is the priority Wednesday, 3 October 2018: Dance moves in Birmingham Thursday, 4 October 2018: Visit from the Taoiseach Friday, 5 October 2018: Cyprus Tuesday, 9 October 2018: Northern Irish consultations Thursday, 11 October 2018: A no-deal atmosphere Sunday, 14 October 2018: Dominic Raab blocks the process Monday, 15 October 2018: Derry Girls Against Borders Wednesday, 17 October 2018: An exercise in futility Monday, 22 October 2018: Parallel negotiations? Monday, 5 November 2018: A major conference in Brussels Tuesday, 6 November 2018: Bratislava Friday, 9 November 2018: All hands on deck to fine-tune the backstop Sunday, 11 November 2018: Ypres Tuesday, 13 November 2018: Eve of battle Wednesday, 14 November 2018: Deal! Thursday, 15 November 2018: Flash visit to Strasbourg Wednesday, 21 November 2018: Theresa May Sunday, 25 November 2018: European Council Tuesday, 27 November 2018: The fifth baby of the task force Monday, 10 December 2018: London vote postponed Wednesday, 12 December 2018: Motion against Theresa May Thursday, 13 December 2018: European Council Friday, 14 December 2018: Oriana Notes
16 2019 Monday, 7 January 2019: New year, new vote? Tuesday, 8 January 2019: Martin Selmayr Wednesday, 9 January 2019: British beef in Japan Thursday, 10 January 2019: Theresa May calling Tuesday, 15 January 2019: A meaningful vote at last? Wednesday, 16 January 2019: Three possible outcomes Thursday, 17 January 2019: Henry the Navigator Wednesday, 23 January 2019: Preparing for no deal Thursday, 24 January 2019: Angela Merkel Friday, 25 January 2019: Royal wisdom Wednesday, 30 January 2019: Back to square one? Wednesday, 6 February 2019: ‘A place in hell’ Thursday, 7 February 2019: Theresa May returns Monday, 11 February 2019: Enter Steve Barclay Tuesday, 12 February 2019: Walls have ears Thursday, 21 February 2019: Concessions at last? Saturday, 2 March 2019: Nick Timothy Wednesday, 6 March 2019: A royal visit for the task force Friday, 8 March 2019: Theresa May appeals to the people Monday, 11 March 2019: An evening in Strasbourg Tuesday, 12 March 2019: Meaningful vote #2 Wednesday, 13 March 2019: No to no deal Thursday, 14 March 2019: A positive vote! Monday, 18 March 2019: Revenge for Crécy! Tuesday, 19 March 2019: J-10? Wednesday, 20 March 2019: What extension? Thursday, 21 March 2019: A thousand days’ work Friday, 29 March 2019: In Natolin, Poland Tuesday, 2 April 2019: Another extension request Friday, 5 April 2019: European elections? Wednesday, 10 April 2019: Halloween Brexit Friday, 19 April 2019: Brexit break? Sunday, 21 April 2019: Churchill’s political diary Thursday, 9 May 2019: ‘This precious stone set in the silver sea…’ Sunday, 12 May 2019: Documentaries Monday, 13 May 2019: Berlin Thursday, 16 May 2019: Theresa May throws in the towel Monday, 20 May 2019: Turkish provocations in Cyprus Friday, 24 May 2019: Theresa May’s regrets Sunday, 26 May 2019: European elections Wednesday, 5 June 2019: Donald Trump in London Friday, 7 June 2019: Russian border Monday, 17 June 2019: Finalists in the campaign Wednesday, 26 June 2019: Sabine Weyand in the spotlight Monday, 8 July 2019: Labour wants a second referendum Thursday, 11 July 2019: James Dyson votes for Singapore Friday, 12 July 2019:The Queen to the rescue of Parliament? Monday, 15 July 2019: A letter to Theresa May Tuesday, 16 July 2019: Ursula von der Leyen elected Wednesday, 17 July 2019: Final speech Thursday, 18 July 2019: Riga Friday, 19 July 2019: Smoke and mirrors Tuesday, 23 July 2019: Transfer of power Thursday, 25 July 2019: Boris Johnson at Number 10… Thursday, 8 August 2019: Chris Patten Tuesday, 20 August 2019: A letter from Boris Johnson Tuesday, 27 August 2019: Phone call Thursday, 29 August 2019: Suspension of UK Parliament Sunday, 1 September 2019: Michael Gove Wednesday, 4 September 2019: The Benn Act Thursday, 5 September 2019: Jo Johnson Sunday, 8 September 2019: Olly Robbins Monday, 9 September 2019: Boris Johnson in Dublin Tuesday, 10 September 2019: The curse of Brexit Thursday, 12 September 2019: New Parliament, new Commission Friday, 13 September 2019: Team meeting Sunday, 15 September 2019: The Hulk Monday, 16 September 2019: Lunch in Luxembourg Wednesday, 18 September 2019: Plenary in Strasbourg Friday, 20 September 2019: Steve Barclay Tuesday, 24 September 2019: Supreme Court Thursday, 26 September 2019: Jacques Chirac Thursday, 3 October 2019: UK proposal Tuesday, 8 October 2019: Dominic Cummings Friday, 11 October 2019: A few steps forward Sunday, 13 October 2019: Negotiations Tuesday, 15 October 2019: Vigil at the Berlaymont Wednesday, 16 October 2019: A breakthrough on Ireland Thursday, 17 October 2019: Deal! Friday, 18 October 2019: Nigel Farage Saturday, 19 October 2019: Eyes on Westminster Tuesday, 22 October 2019: Another try Wednesday, 23 October 2019: Extension? Thursday, 24 October 2019: Thierry Breton Friday, 25 October 2019: 31 January! Monday, 28 October 2019: Letter from the Prime Minister Wednesday, 6 November 2019: John Bercow Saturday, 7 December 2019: British civil servants Sunday, 8 December 2019: Baby boom Wednesday, 11 December 2019: Election eve Friday, 13 December 2019: European Council Friday, 20 December 2019: Inquest on Article 50 Monday, 23 December 2019: Citizens’ rights Notes
17 2020 Wednesday, 1 January 2020: Happy New Year! Monday, 6 January 2020: Full house! Wednesday, 8 January 2020: Return to 10 Downing Street Thursday, 9 January 2020: Stockholm Friday, 10 January 2020: Who to disappoint? Monday, 27 January 2020: Dublin to Belfast Wednesday, 29 January 2020: A temporary farewell Friday, 31 January 2020: An emotional day
19 2020 Monday, 3 February 2020: New negotiations, new mandate Monday, 10 February 2020: A winning method Monday, 17 February 2020: A philosophical gap Wednesday, 19 February 2020: Slide wars Wednesday, 26 February 2020: The UK is not Canada Monday, 2 March 2020: Curtain up Wednesday, 4 March 2020: More questions than answers Thursday, 5 March 2020: ‘Like Jesuits’ Sunday, 8 March 2020: Light of day Friday, 20 March 2020: Patient zero? Monday, 30 March 2020: Second major project for 2020 Monday, 20 April 2020: Virtual rounds Monday, 27 April 2020: A time for reflection Tuesday, 5 May 2020: Fair play is not for sale! Friday, 15 May 2020: Disappointing exchanges Friday, 29 May 2020: Theodore! Friday, 5 June 2020: Bis repetita Friday, 12 June 2020: One-way borders? Monday, 15 June 2020: High-level meeting Monday, 29 June 2020: ‘A missive from a free country’ Tuesday, 30 June 2020: Reunions Tuesday, 7 July 2020: London calling Friday, 17 July 2020: Political sovereignty Thursday, 23 July 2020: Watching live at the pub Saturday, 1 August 2020: London wants to reflect Thursday, 6 August 2020: Inevitable changes Friday, 21 August 2020: Illusions dispelled Wednesday, 2 September 2020: Meeting at Chequers Monday, 7 September 2020: A warning shot Tuesday, 8 September 2020: Political filibustering Wednesday, 9 September 2020: Holding the line Thursday, 10 September 2020: ‘Throwing a dead cat on the table’ Sunday, 13 September 2020 : ‘Food blockade’ in the Irish Sea Monday, 14 September 2020: Revolver Wednesday, 16 September 2020: Washington Wednesday, 16 September 2020: In the words of Margaret Thatcher Thursday, 17 September 2020: Picking up the pieces Friday, 18 September 2020: Tentative progress Tuesday, 22 September 2020: Mega traffic jam Wednesday, 23 September 2020: ‘Landing zones’ Friday, 25 September 2020: No diving with open hatches! Friday, 2 October 2020: Light at the end of the tunnel? Saturday, 3 October 2020: The ‘revenge’ of Scottish fishermen Sunday, 4 October 2020: Countering Boris Monday, 5 October 2020: The Chancellor and Brexit Tuesday, 13 October 2020: No ‘tiger in the tank’ Thursday, 15 October 2020: Rendezvous with the ‘top leaders’ Friday, 16 October 2020: British political cinema Saturday, 17 October 2020: Quo vadis? Monday and Tuesday, 19 and 20 October 2020: Two days, two calls Wednesday, 21 October 2020: Let’s hear it... Thursday, 22 October 2020: The final stretch? Monday, 26 October 2020: Creativity required Tuesday, 27 October 2020: Herring and blue whiting Friday, 30 October 2020: A misunderstanding Tuesday, 3 November 2020: Governance Sunday, 8 November 2020: And the winner is… Monday, 9 November 2020: Mr Churchill’s competition Wednesday, 11 November 2020: New ideas Saturday, 14 November 2020: A risky bet Friday, 20 November 2020: Quarantine Wednesday, 25 November 2020: Confined at home Saturday, 28 November 2020: European students in the UK Monday, 30 November 2020: End of the road Wednesday, 2 December 2020: Hot and cold Saturday, 5 December 2020: A final blockade? Monday, 7 December 2020: A war of nerves Wednesday, 9 December 2020: The return of Boris Johnson Thursday, 10 December 2020: Gauging the real effects of a no deal Sunday, 13 December 2020: A ‘political agreement’… Wednesday, 16 December 2020: ‘A matter of a few mackerel’ Saturday, 19 December 2020: A proposal on fisheries Sunday, 20 December 2020: Chaos in the UK Monday, 21 December 2020: Rumours of an agreement Tuesday, 22 December 2020: Final discussions on the thirteenth floor Wednesday, 23 December 2020: Final act Thursday, 24 December 2020: ‘A day of relief, tinged with sadness’ Notes
20 2021 Sunday, 21 February 2021: Paris Notes
22 Glossary
23 Chronology
25 Index
26 Plates