You obviously were not on the negotiating team then Shaw - Trades Union activist is how you once described yourself wasn't it?

There will be no next time, this is a one time only negotiation and the resulting agreement is permanently binding. In labour disputes between union and employer there normally has to be an agreement. In the Brexit process that is not the case, the process according to EU rules is time limited the deadline is before 29th March, 2019 - if the EU negotiators want to play silly beggars it is entirely up to them. Although I think that over the next eight weeks the Council of Ministers will tell Barnier & Co., to get a move on - a no deal solution hurts members states individually to varying degrees, it does not harm, or affect the EU Commission one iota, their unelected snouts will remain steadfastly in the trough. It will not be the likes of Junckers and Barnier to explain to those working on the VW and BMW production lines why 20% of their production is no longer required. But I dare say the CEOs of both concerns will have a word in Merkel's ear.