towards the end of his press review, was perhaps best known in the country, the BBC presenter Andrew Marr held, looked into the audience and said: “Now an amazing discovery: Our program has been running for 13 minutes, and so far I have pronounced the word Brexit not Once.” This was, in fact, amazing. 36 hours before the negotiations with the EU had been declared by the government for “virtually finished”, and Cabinet office Minister Michael Gove had published this Sunday morning, a tight article. It only took two minutes, and the topic was dealt with by Marr’s guests.

Jochen Buchsteiner

Political correspondent in London.

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So it goes for the whole year. The British political observers, seem tired, almost disinterested. Since the negotiations on the future relationship with the EU to run, play in Public as a minor role. Even with the impending end of the talks and the prospect of a Brexit, without the trade Treaty were not the most Newspapers important enough to back this up; in the “Times” they found only a medium-sized article on page five. Many Newspapers on the continent were the Drama, however, on the first page.

No fear No-Deal-Brexit

The escalation with Brussels coincided in the UK with a domestic political confrontation. Ten days of arguing in Downing Street with the mayor of Manchester, because of this not want to accept the disease-protective pads for his city, before the Prime Minister began on a Tuesday evening, without the demands to accept the other side too. Boris Johnson, seen in this way, two negotiations on the neck, and the intra-English version the people (and the government) attracted far more than the international.