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Originally Posted by ntluser
So it does look like the UK could just leave and then either go for a trade deal with the EU or not.
I sure hope the No Deal preparations are really good or a lot of people are going to suffer.
Leaving without a deal may also affect the pound,the stock market, businesses & employment.It could be a real mess.
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Which deal are you referring to?
You seemed have mentioned both of them and in the 3rd para, both at the same time. That's quite a feat.
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Originally Posted by jfman
Emotive terminology there. The Benn Act does no such thing. Johnson is obliged to ask for an extension once. That's it. It doesn't stop Britain leaving without a deal after that extension elapses.
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It's gives impossible conditions that are completely out of his hands. If their intention was to force a never-ending extension, then that is what the bill should have been solely about.
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(5)The Secretary of State shall make a further report under subsection (1) at least every 28 calendar days starting on 7 February 2020 either until an agreement with the European Union is reached or until otherwise indicated by a resolution of the House of Commons
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In an extraordinary briefing about the confidential discussion between the leaders, a No 10 source later said the German chancellor’s demands for Northern Ireland to remain in a customs union made a deal look “essentially impossible, not just now but ever”.
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Called moving the goalposts. There was never going to be anything that Boris or anybody else, could come up with that Ireland would approve.