Inside Politics: No 10 rejects EU offer to restart Brexit talks

Boris Johnson’s team wants further assurances from the EU that concessions will be made, writes Adam Forrest

No 10 negotiator David Frost (AFP via Getty Images)

Maybe Nasa could take over the Brexit negotiations? The space agency is building an internet connection on the moon so robots and astronauts can communicate effectively up there. Down here, Boris Johnson’s team is struggling to communicate effectively with the other side of the English Channel. The robots at No 10 haven’t stopped transmitting signals to Brussels – but they claim they haven’t yet received the right kind of noises from the EU to begin talking like human beings again.

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