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Originally Posted by ianch99

Exactly my point. Reality is so different from the rubbish spouted by the current crop of politicians and swallowed by the gullible.

Here's a topical example. The GATT article 24 lie that Johnson and co are promoting:

Brexit: Carney rejects Boris Johnson's no-deal trade claim

Like the £350m lie, I'm pretty sure that BoJo and pals know the GATT 24 statement to be one too. its job is to get BoJo into No. 10. After that, he knows that many will have forgotten about it and there will be plenty of scapegoats and dead cats to throw into the mix.

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The reality of what's next for Brexit.

Ivan Rogers, the UK's former ambassador to Brussels this week said there are four options open to the next PM:
1) UK leaves on 31 October without a deal.
2) Makes unreasonable demands of the EU as a pretext for calling a general election which would be run on a no-deal platform.
3) Seek another extension in the forlorn hope of discovering a new solution to the Irish border question.
4) et the existing withdrawal agreement through parliament alongside a marginally changed declaration on Britain’s future relations with the EU.

According to the Financial Times

Sir Ivan’s options compress into two plausible outcomes: this autumn Britain will suffer either the rupture of a no-deal Brexit in the first two or accusations of betrayal from Leavers with the others.
Even without believing economic forecasts, we know no deal would come at a price. It would bring tariffs on trade with the EU, the administrative burden of customs declarations and infrastructure on the Northern Ireland border. At any time, Brussels could revoke temporary permissions for planes to fly, trucks to drive on the continent and finance to flow.
We do not know how bad short-term disruption might be or the consequences for community relations in Ireland. But adjusting to new trade barriers with the EU would inevitably cause pain in many exposed industries, and this would not be offset by lower trade barriers with the rest of the world.
The alternative of failing to leave on October 31 would anger large sections of society and the Conservative party. Whether a further delay or revocation of Article 50 is caused by parliament, the prime minister or the people, Britain’s relationship with Europe is likely to be a festering sore, not a healing wound. The uncertainty now clouding business decisions would persist for a long time.

https://www.ft.com/content/3f40e4da-...a-60e35ef678d2