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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

All that leaving without a deal means is we negotiate from a weaker position so will pay more for less. We'll still have to pay the EU what we agreed before they open negotiations.

Assuming that the "what we agreed" is what was in May's withdrawal agreement, our Parliament never agreed it. So the UK never agreed anything.

Sure, the EU will try to set a price that amounts to the full £39 billion minus dues already paid, but those additional dues were to pay for the privilege of the transition period.

If the current offer from the guvmin forms the basis of a new deal, then I can't see us baulking on the dues.

If we crash out, then those "dues" are not owed but the EU will try to make them part of the price of a trade deal. My instinct is to tell them to do one - a nasty greedy step too far. If the EU negotiate with us on a fair, normal basis, then so much the better.

Fun still to be had, perhaps.