UK not `match fit` for Brexit talks, says former May aide
(WorldNews Politics)

The government is not `match fit` for the next phase of Brexit negotiations, Theresa May´s former special adviser on exiting the EU has said. Raoul Ruparel, who was credited with coming up with the Northern Ireland solution which helped Boris Johnson seal a Brexit deal with the EU, says lessons need to be learned from the mistakes of May´s government. `As it stands, the UK does not yet appear `match-fit´ for the next phase of negotiations,` he says. `There is a huge amount of work to be done to flesh out the detail of what the UK wants from its future relationship with the EU, and Whitehall is not yet ready...