EU Finance Ministers stuff Britain yet again.

After George Osborne was televised stating that he was "not prepared to say something that is going to make me look like an idiot five minutes later," it appears that in the wee hours of this morning he has again done exactly that, read here and here.

It appears eventually a compromise was reached "We have an agreement, it needs technical work before it is technically done," Danish Economy Minister Margrethe Vestager," which is the normal EU speak for Britain being yet further impoverished and degraded!

Update 1705 BST EurActiv now has a more complete report on the meeting linked here.