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Originally Posted by Chris
No, I don’t think it’s choreographed, but neither do I think there was much chance of this morning’s phone call resulting in an end to negotiations.
And for what it’s worth I really don’t buy in to the theory that Boris is preparing for a “sorry but it’s the best we could do” moment over a naff deal signed some time next week. The rhetoric has been strident and continues to be so. He would have no reason to back himself into a corner like this if he had even an inkling that he might have to sign it all away.
No matter how understandable the EU’s demands are on their own terms, they are absolutely unacceptable to the UK based on the UK’s stated policy aims with regards to business and market regulation, and sovereign control of our maritime EEZ. If there is a deal (and I think it’s still unlikely), the EU is going to have to accept things are changing in the direction we have indicated, and the very best they are going to get is a negotiated transition period with a fixed end date, that can be terminated by either party with reasonable notice.
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I don't think this has all been choreographed perfectly but talk of deploying the Royal Navy and the deadline finishing after the Sunday papers had all gone to press and were being read all look well timed.
Fishing looks more like the length of the transition period, enabling all to adapt.
In terms of how the UK will regulate itself post-Brexit, I don't see the UK going down the light-touch regulation route. I don't think it's imposing on the UK's sovereignty if a mechanism is set up that ended a free trade deal if the UK or EU did introduce legislation that made either a significant light-regulatory touch competitor. A free trade agreement is a privilege between two trading blocs or countries, it's not a right and surely such deals are always reviewed anyway.
I believe a deal will be struck.