...and just when it was all going so well...
An opportunistic tactical retreat from an impossible job of one's own making: renegotiating a crap agreement negotiated by oneself with people who don't like you, distrust you, and whilst the ink on the original is still wet.
The recent "concession" that the oversight of the ECJ would have to remain was probably a bit of a Damascene moment.
(First law of negotiation: don't ask the other party to perform "unnatural acts").
I suspect he doesn't give a toss about any of the issues he's highlighted as causing his resignation, but realises this is the point where he gets an ideal opportunity for someone else to sort things (unlikely) and/or carry the ultimate can.
Chris Grayling, anyone?
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