Even Juncker isn't idiotic enough.....
I'm not so sure. I think the guy is a closet lunatic.
(Anthony Burgess' Chocolate Orange, Wed 29 Jun 2016, 7:20, 3 replies)

same, but there's tempering force of Merkel underneath him
who won't let her country's exports be threatened unduly, especially when it's already shoring up the rest of the EU enough already.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Wed 29 Jun 2016, 7:24, closed)

Juncker is a reputed alcoholic
He starts at breakfast time and he's often been spotted pissed by lunchtime. I don't suppose it helps that his dad was a Nazi and that he had to leave his last job because of few "legal" problems.

I would ignore anything being said for the next couple of weeks, they have to keep grandstanding for a while to make sure others don't want to leave and then a deal will start to emerge.
(plankton, Wed 29 Jun 2016, 8:14, closed)

Clearly untrue...
Our lizard overlords have no tolerance for alcohol.
(Bosch balls, Wed 29 Jun 2016, 11:35, closed)

He's not the lizard
Tusk is, he is the real power. Ignore anything Juncker says or does, he's just there for comedy effect
(plankton, Wed 29 Jun 2016, 13:09, closed)

Neither of them are the real power....
... the EU is effectively ruled by the leaders of 28 countries. Their PM's chancellors and foreign secretaries. That's who decide on anything that isn't the standard voltage of a electric toothbrush or the lowering of roaming charges on your mobile.

So if the UK ends up with a Norwegian deal they have effectively removed Cameron and Osbourne (and their predecessors) from this table while still paying the fees for access to the common market. Well done.
(Bosch balls, Tue 5 Jul 2016, 8:13, closed)

that's a pretty transparent closet

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 29 Jun 2016, 12:03, closed)