e.u. brigadiers will always say that was clear from the beginning you know you haven't given us a good deal we now face dire consequences because the e.u.'s cheated on our stay or this is revenge and it is because of that that he keeps emphasizing he has negotiated again today he said we have negotiated with our british partners not against them. john you've been following the negotiations there was once they began how would you assess the way the you have negotiated this treaty the e.u. has performed above all of our expectations in the way business be negotiated the european union is often internally divided north on breaks it down the the chief negotiator is held the european union member states together has kept the law in unified and determined throughout the site has been well prepared well resourced it is known what it wanted and therefore it's actually achieve pretty much all of its aims in this but this breaks that agreement it's essentially protect is the. close border in ireland it's achieved what it wanted on the financial settlement it's essentially the european union has perfo