Thread: UK & EU Agree Post-Brexit Trade Deal
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Old 17-07-2020, 12:18   #3132
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Re: Brexit-Transitional Period Ends 31/12/20
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
Slight objection from me.

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Absolute bullshit in your first sentence there Old Boy.

I’ve repeated time and again that the extension leaves us better placed to walk away on 31 December 2021 without a deal. That stands to reason, more time allows more planning, more background negotiations with other countries.

For someone willing to sacrifice tens of thousands of lives for the economy it’s telling that you won’t sacrifice your ideology to the extent of a minor 12 month extension.

Tell me what seismic event happens in that 12 months to undo Brexit? The one I’m supposedly waiting on.
Well, I am plased to hear that, jfman, but you know as well as I do that further extensions will just mean further obfuscation and unhelpful verbiage from the EU. It seems, from previous experiences, that the EU likes to take everything down to the wire, with deals made at the 11th hour. That is their method of obtaining maximum concessions from the other side.

We don't need any 'seismic' events to make a success of Brexit. Yes, it would be great if we could come up with a trade deal with the EU, but that is not the be-all and end-all.

Even the CBI had to acknowledge in their look at how business would cope with Brexit:

The UK is the seventh best place in the world to do business. It has a rapidly growing hub for creative industries and technology, with universities that consistently rank among the top in the world. It is the world leader in many financial services, and a setter of global standards in a range of professional and business services. All the UK’s interactions on the international stage should be an opportunity to showcase these strengths.

And don't bring coronavirus into this argument. That is nature, and quite a different situation.
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