Addressing the lord mayor’s banquet at the Guildhall in London on Monday night, UK Prime Minister Theresa May declared that “the negotiations for our departure are now in the endgame”. She added, “we are working extremely hard, through the night, to make progress on the remaining issues in the withdrawal agreement, which are significant.”
May believed that “both sides want to reach an agreement”even though “what we are negotiating is immensely difficult:”. But she also emphasized that “this will not be an agreement at any cost”.
