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- East Yorkshire
Interesting question.
The European Commission is good at negotiations, because that's what it is designed for - whilst Westminster has proved not only incompetent (which is understandable, because it wasn't what it is designed for) but also weak and unrealistic (which is something I suspect many UK citizens do not overlook so easily).
As a result, the UK Government looks perilously close to failing, while the Commission continues to function. So there's the most realistic answer.
It's not a very palatable answer to the English, nor a very comfortable answer to the rest of us. Wales is largely federalised and we can experience the variable quality of governance from Brussels, Westminster and Cardiff.
The only one that is visibly both incompetent and dishonest is Westminster.
It's a very sad observation.
Author's Note: the over-sensitivity of the English to any criticism, even mildly implied, is probably because they don't like how things have turned out for them. It doesn't help that, today, they have no idea what to do about it.
Brussels is just too remote from the UK electorate, and that’s why many voted out. Most would sooner trust their governance to Westminster, where they feel they have a chance to influence decision making: it’s just common sense really, whether you can see it or not.