Stop Brexit blather and face reality on trade, says ex-EU ambassador

UK's former chief EU diplomat Sir Ivan Rogers takes aim at PM's Brexit strategy in speech

Britain must face reality on post-Brexit trade rather than continue the "buccaneering blather" of hard Brexiters, the UK's former chief EU diplomat Sir Ivan Rogers has said.

Rogers, the former chief Brussels adviser to both David Cameron and Theresa May, took aim at the prime minister's Brexit strategy in a forensic speech on Wednesday, but also criticised the plans of both hardline remainers and leavers, calling them "bluntly, delusional".