{"product_id":"blind-mans-brexit-9781471186424","title":"Blind Mans Brexit","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Essential reading for anyone anxious to understand the background to the Brexit debate' \u003ci\u003eTablet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith all the political infighting in British politics over Brexit dominating the news cycle, we almost forgot who we were negotiating with. Now, in \u003ci\u003eBlind Man's Brexit\u003c\/i\u003e, we get to see and hear exactly what was going on in the corridors of power in Brussels, and how the EU comprehensively outmanoeuvred the UK government.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When Lode Desmet met \u003cb\u003eGuy Verhofstadt\u003c\/b\u003e, the European Parliament's representative on \u003cb\u003eBrexit\u003c\/b\u003e, about filming a fly-on-the-wall documentary on the negotiations, he could never have imagined the unique access he would be granted and the extraordinary story that he would end up filming. As the cameras rolled, Lode sat in on private conversations with chief negotiator \u003cb\u003eMichel Barnier\u003c\/b\u003e and saw first hand how \u003cb\u003eTheresa May\u003c\/b\u003e's government's negotiating positions were knocked back time \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The narrative...conveys an unsavoury mess, making clear what a terrbile failure by almost every UK politician this has been. \u003cb\u003eEssential reading\u003c\/b\u003e for anyone anxious to understand the background to the Brexit debate.' -- Mark Fisher * The Tablet *","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739357458775,"sku":"9781471186424","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/blind-mans-brexit-9781471186424","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}