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Table of Contents

Оглавление

Cover

Praise for My Secret Brexit Diary

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Epigraph

Quote

List of Illustrations

The Main Players For the UK For the EU

10  A Warning Notes

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

18  A Second Negotiation

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

21  Acknowledgements

22  Glossary

23  Chronology

24  Abbreviations

25  Index

26  Plates

27  End User License Agreement

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