The government has tried to end scrutiny of the fall-out from its Brexit trade deal – but work to build a better relationship with the EU goes on, writes @hilarybennmptheneweuropean.co.uk
"I fixed a date at the American ambassador's tennis court, where we would be able to play and talk privately," Mr. Cameron writes, describing meeting where he tried to change Boris Johnson's mind on Brexit. nyti.ms
Michael Gove has tried to compare a delay to Brexit with getting a new kitchen and having to wait a few extra days for the hob to be delivered. theneweuropean.co.uk
Ever tried to solve a jigsaw puzzle while blindfolded? Turns out, in Brexit terms, that's a bit like trying to find an answer to the Irish backstop problem nyti.ms
A Christmas tale with a different. @MitchBenn on the Grinch who tried to steal Brexit. Read it here - or in this week's edition of The New European. theneweuropean.co.uk
In a news conference with Prime Minister Theresa May, President Trump tried to walk back the tough remarks he made about her and Brexit in a newspaper interview nyti.ms
“Hard Brexit’s Haw-Haw bared his teeth as he threw the Treasury number crunchers under the Brexit bus, or at least he tried to, until the premise of his repeated attacks was all exposed as a bare-faced lie” - @mk1969 on Jacob Rees-Mogg. gq-magazine.co.uk