“But this is a negotiating tactic,” Brown continued. “He thinks, as he did the last time, that someone will come in and save the day for him.
“He will make a last minute deal, he wants to go straight to the European council people.
“And he thinks Angela Merkel will accept that the rule of law might be broken and that’s just not going to happen.”
However later in the conversation, Brown’s screen froze when answering one of Stayt’s questions.
