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Still nothing more then a politicians words and of course he is not in a government job now is he..

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He resigned from the position a couple of weeks ago ,so no deal preparation will still be current and viable.

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So what should Theresa do now?

Clearly, she is intent on getting us out of Europe, but she needs to think about what she needs to do next to regain her credibility on this subject.

She needs to prepare for her Withdrawal Agreement to be rejected by the House of Commons, so she needs to name the three options there are left and explain how they will be voted on.

Perhaps the best way is for the first vote to be on the Withdrawal Agreement. If that is voted down, which seems likely, the next vote should be on a temporary EFTA/EEA membership to apply during the implementation period. If that is voted down, as also seems likely, there would be no further votes and preparations would be made for a 'clean' Brexit.

At least, that process will concentrate minds on the means of delivering Brexit. I really cannot think of a different approach that will show the people of this country that she was the only one actually able to get on with this. Talk about keeping her head when everyone else has been losing theirs!

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When you take over a new job, you don't necessarily ditch all the work of your predecessor. You take on board what you consider to be relevant and either change or ditch the rest.

Best not to jump to conclusions.

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More like a shambles one would imagine would be their no deal preparation as befits the last two years.

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I'm sure TM is grateful for your advice as she's an avid reader of Cable Forum ;)

Of course even if we do choose a different path we'd still have to get the EU to agree, which people seem to be forgetting. Still that's usually easy .....

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The only thing we would need the EU to agree if we rejected the Withdrawal Agreement would be a trade deal. The EU have made very clear that they want a tariff free trade deal with the UK.

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Well the 'shambles' was caused by the lack of a Conservative majority and the desire from within the party to make a bold move forward that they believe would be more beneficial to the country.

On a matter of such importance to the country, it is not surprising that passions have been high. There is a lot at stake.

Things should settle once a decision is made on the way forward. Hopefully we will know by Christmas, and we can just get on with it.

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I think some will push for 'Norway for now' if the bill is voted down. After that who knows? I think they might struggle to get a majority for anything leaving us coming back to 'the deal'.

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I certainly don’t intend to be condescending, however I struggle to understand he emotive terminology that is persistently being used as if other countries are making some kind of personal slur in negotiations when in practice they are quite reasonable concessions to bring to negotiations.

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I think if you replace the word "country" with "Conservative Party" you get a more accurate description of events. ;)

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I think there is even less support for the Norway EEA/Efta than for the withdrawal agreement, but who knows? Things could change radically when the choice is put before the House. I think we will end up crashing out, actually. Not a bad thing in many ways, except for the initial disruption to frictionless trade.

Don't believe those forecasts for the economy, by the way. Jacob Rees Mogg gave a succinct explanation of why these forecasts would be proved wrong yesterday.

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Well you might say that, but my impression is that most people just want to get on with Brexit. When we voted, we simply voted to leave, and the leavers on the whole were pretty clear what that meant. It is the 'remoaners' who have been trying to muddy the waters and we should not be having any more truck with them. They have been trying very hard to make a mess of this and it is them we should also blame for the 'shambles' that some keep referring to on here.

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It would stop the uncertainty. Businesses would know that EU trade after next March would be like trading with the rest of the world.

May's hokey cokey plan would just extend the uncertainty for another two years and then what? More cries of "cliff edges" More delay and confusion. More kicking the can down the road.

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Yes, we should always listen to a back-bencher who has never held any committee or cabinet position - he will be have all the facts to hand, and not have any bias in any way...

His grasp of numbers isn't very strong - he couldn't add up to 48, could he? (he said he had the number of letters to the 1922 Committee, which turned out to be not congruent with reality).

He said that "The overwhelming majority - 87% - of British companies do not trade with the European Union" - true, but 60% of British companies are not registered for VAT or PAYE, so they probably don't export to anywhere, and the 13% of companies that do export to the EU export 247 billion worth of good and services. I would believe his figures more if he filled in gaps, showing how much the 87% exported, and to where.

This is a man who took his nanny canvassing with him when he was 27, fgs - I wouldn't trust him with my beer money, never mind the economy.

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Have you been spending it today?

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One should never judge others by one's own predilections - it's called transference... ;)