The EU’s top Brexit negotiator, Michael Barnier, hit a record high in negotiation silliness, telling a French newspaper “dogs and cats” would be affected by the Brexit vote. Barnier is hoping to force Theresa May into upping her divorce settlement offer.

Passports for Dogs and Cats Cancelled

Barnier warns that unless there is a Brexit deal, dogs and cats would be ‘unable to cross the channel’ and planes not able to land.

A Hard Brexit could see Britain removed from the EU’s pet passport scheme – used by 250,000 cats and dogs to the Continent on holiday each year.

Barnier also told the ‘Journal Du Dimanche’ that Britain had to settle outstanding debts on everything from the European Investment Bank, to aid programmes for Turkey and Ukraine.

He added: “The Europeans should not have to pay the price of a decision taken by the United Kingdom.”

Rabid Dogs vs Rabid Eurocrats

The witty reply of the day goes to Jacob Rees-Mogg, a eurosceptic Tory MP, via The Telegraph.

“It’s really very silly. You can’t take this man seriously, he is now negotiating absurdly. It undermines his credibility. The worry has always been of rabid animals coming from the Continent. I’m all for keeping rabid eurocrats out of the UK,” said Mogg.

May and Juncker agree to accelerate #Brexit talks. They’ve done the only sensible thing and let the cats take over negotiations! pic.twitter.com/DXetvBzNuF

— Evie the Cat (@HMCabinetCat) October 16, 2017

Dogs Can Get USA & EU Nationalities
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— 99wow (@99wow1) January 12, 2017

Economic Reality

Roger Bootle, a staunch free trade advocate and weekly columnist for the Daily Telegraph penned an excellent article on Brexit realities today: Political Turmoil Over Brexit is at Odds With the Economic Reality.