Give me what I want or I shoot myself: that’s the gambit that worked for the sheriff in Blazing Saddles, but it may not fly in the Brexit negotiations.
Theresa May has invoked Article 50 and Britain is heading out of the European Union. She attempted to strike a more conciliatory tone yesterday than she has hitherto, but the message that has drawn the headlines is the government’s “threat” on security: that no Brexit deal means no British co-operation in Europol and in EU-wide counter-terror measures.
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