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BBC News The clock is no longer ticking. These were pretty much the first words out of the mouth of the EU s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, as he announced the just sealed EU-UK trade and security agreement on Thursday. No more looming no-deal threats; no more almost painful uncertainty about future relations across the Channel. This was a historic moment. A fair and balanced deal for both sides, said the European Commission. But you d have to have been half-asleep (or halfway through a bottle of eggnog, cava or pint of Glühwein) to miss the stark difference in tone between UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson s triumphalist announcement on Thursday afternoon and the sombre statement by the European Commission. ....