| 1andrew1 |
13-01-2019 09:54 |
Re: Brexit
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Originally Posted by Hugh
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The Pro-Brexit "yellow vests" were handing out these fliers in London today showing a list of the things they, the U.K. Yellow Vests, stand for - I think they meant "against" rather "for" most of the items.
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Hilarious in a twisted kind of way.
They don't seem to have learnt from the populists with their more memorable (albeit undeliverable) slogans of "lock her up", "take back control", "build the wall".
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Originally Posted by Angua
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I watch Strictly but don't order pizza. A better analogy would be BB or Love Island (neither of which I watch). Strictly is frightfully middle class don't you know?
Would rather see A50 extended and an acceptable deal worked out, than dropping of a cliff edge into no deal.
Before the referendum was called, I suspect no thought whatsoever was given to the NI border issues relating to the GFA. May getting into bed with the DUP has hampered negotiations ever since, but the election results meant to govern she needed other support.
Adversarial politics mean we are where we are.
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Don't think the EU is keen on an extension just for more negotiations but it knows that a no-deal is not good for anyone. Due to the delay in negotiations, there are now two things to sort out and not one.
1) Withdrawal Agreement. This is meant to be a fairly quick agreement around costs due etc. Theresa May laid down her red lines so the options open should be relatively straightforward.
2) Free trade agreement. This is where the negotiations really begin eg fishing rights, degree of commons standards, access to each other's markets, etc. The EU is saving its energies for this as it will be a long-term situation.
The NI border was flagged up but derided as Project Fear. I think some on here even mentioned it as a non-issue invented by Remainers. |
