Theresa May insisted "no deal was better than a bad deal". She had little credibility or support in the Tory party and lost her job.
Boris embraced the idea until it became evident he may follow his predessor. So without telling anybody the philosphy quietly changed to "any deal is better than no deal".
Both sides will claim to have been tough and squeezed the best deal they could. Whether it withstands proper scrutiny or is full of huge gaps and ambiguities etc will emerge.
But Boris being Boris is triumphant in the hope that confidence and bluster will win over cool analysis. He has been right so far!!
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