Britain Tells Two Brexit Stories That Add Up to One Big Problem

U.K. warns European Union that failure to secure an agreement would be a calamity, while its message to its own people is that no deal is no big deal

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The British government, not for the first time in the Brexit negotiations, is talking out of both sides of its mouth.

To the governments of the other 27 European Union nations, the U.K. message is that failure to agree a Brexit deal would be a geopolitical calamity that could bring unimaginable risks to the Continent’s security.

But to the...