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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Oh, I have been paying attention, jfman - have you? I've already made the point that there is a separate team dealing with the EU and they are not also involved in the health emergency.
I have never said that fish is not part of trade, I said our fishing rights are not for the trade agreement.
As for the bit that I've emboldened in your post, I think you are pretty safe in saying that as I cannot think of a third alternative! However, the most likely position will be that the Withdrawal Agreement will end on the due date.
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The third being walking away without any deal or extension?
You completely underestimate the task of aligning the UK to a no trade deal/no extension scenario if you think that it's as simple as one team in EU negotiations walking away. The implications for the Home Office, HMRC, Department for the Environment and Rural Affairs and the devolved administrations is huge. Yes, those departments are all being stretched due to Coronavirus and no, it's not as simple for them as they have extra people hanging around to work on Coronavirus with no implications for staff who were moved into Brexit related roles.