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He said...
“Next round of negotiations next week, we hope we'll see a bigger effort than we've seen to date from the UK side to move on certain issues because we stand ready to move on ours, to move towards some of the solutions required on many issues of concern to both sides.
In an ideal world I'd like this Hogan bloke to provide believable and specific examples of where the EU is looking for movement from the UK side, and just as importantly, exactly what it is the EU is prepared "to move on ours" because I've never seen any examples of that at all. Doing this could put a bit of pressure on the tories, but only if EU demands are not designed to keep the UK under control of the EU in any way at all. The EU wanting its cake and eat it won't fly.
The remark, "bigger effort...from the UK side". This could be true, but equally it could be straight from the tory handbook of how to set up blame elsewhere.
Back in the real world, while there are no TV cameras' broadcasting all of this "live" there can never be any certainty over how either side is negotiating. No matter if (a big 'if') either side is truthful, the other will say the opposite and people will believe what they choose to believe.