'No surprises really': politicians react to Tusk's EU negotiating guidelines

Donald Tusk has set out terms for negotiating the UK’s departure from the EU.Donald Tusk’s letter setting the terms for negotiating the UK’s departure from the EU was the moment when Theresa May’s rhetoric collided with reality, according to a string of politicians who have been warning against a hard Brexit.Chris Leslie, the former shadow chancellor, said the letter by the president of the European council marked the emergence of “the cold, hard realities of modern