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Originally Posted by jfman
Why would the EU concede any of this?
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I'm not saying they will.
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Originally Posted by Damien
The problem then is that's it's not a backstop. The backstop is designed to kick in if all else falls and the deadline has been reached. Otherwise we're covered by the transition period. You at the very least would need to be generous with the length of the backstop to account for delays in coming to a permanent future arrangement.
Maybe the backstop is a joint arrangement for x amount of years before it defaults to Parliament.
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The backstop if used would prevent us from reaching or own deals with other countries. I for one am not willing to keep ourselves bound to the EU for any longer. If no deal is reached with the EU after 3yrs then we leave with no deal.
Business will have had 5yrs from the referendum to prepare if they haven't then they only have themselves to blame for burying their heads in the sand.
I would prefer if we were leaving in March with no deal.