David McAllister, the German MEP with a Scottish father who was tipped by some as a successor to Angela Merkel, and some other Anglophile MEPs. Both sides were shocked by what they heard. McAllister gave Johnson an ‘unvarnished’ view of how Britain was seen for leaving the EU and warned that the final deal ‘will take much longer than you think’. He said Britain would need a transitional agreement and would get no special privileges beyond what other third-party countries enjoyed. Johnson was aggressive in return, telling his fellow guests, ‘This is why we’ve got to exit and this is why this
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