Negotiation is a process of reaching an agreement, which may be mutually beneficial to both parties. Or, if one is negotiating from a position of strength, the other may end up with a “least worst case”, as in: “Do this or I’ll kill you.” The stronger party gets the job done, the weaker gets to live a little longer.
Then there are David Cameron’s negotions with the European Union. Dave knows that the EU is interested only in over-closer union and that it is beyond reform. Which is why he is just going through the motions with his negotions.
But we can be sure that whatever crumbs, or vague promises of crumbs sometime in the future, that he gets from the EU, Dave will be yelling Halleluja! from the roof-tops and making out that his negotions went to as big a “triumph” as Cancellor George Osborne’s piss-poor deal with Gooble, the firm which goobles up cash and never spits any out.
This is what passes for politics today.
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