Red Lines

cassa333 | 09:33 Fri 25th Nov 2016 | ChatterBank

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I want xxx
You can have xxx if you give me yyy
I am not prepared to give you yyy.
Then you don't get xxx
You do realise I don't need xxx I just want it!
Yes but I want yyy.
You do realise by giving me xxx you get more out of it than we do!
Yes but I want yyy.

Ok. No. I will get xxx by utilising another avenue that costs zzz which is a Fraction of the cost of yyy.

My rendition of one aspect of red lines.

Or another

I want xxx
You can have xxx if you give me yyy
I am not prepared to give you yyy.
Then you don't get xxx
You do realise I don't need xxx I just want it
Yes but I want yyy
Ok how about I give you yxx
No I want yyy
Ok how about yyx.
No I want yyy.
You do realise that by giving me xxx you get more out of it than we do.
Yes but I want yyy.
OK. No. I will get xxx by utilising another avenue that costs zzz which is a fraction of the cost of yyy.

I could go on but in either scenario which is better?

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bednobs

both scenarios are completely unintelligible to me

woofgang

what is the point of this please?

naomi24

andy-hughes

Are you referring to the media phrase 'red lines' which in turn refers to non-negotiable requirements in international negotiations?

woofgang

oh....deal breakers.

cassa333

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Just musings really.

Prompted I suppose by all the tal of red lines and negotiations but about nothing specific.

I just don't see the point in advertising red lines before hand because you end up having to justify why you didn't get what you said you wanted. Look How ridiculed Cameron was when he brought nothing back from Brussels.

bednobs

sorry cassa, i don't understand that answer either!