UK & EU Agree Post-Brexit Trade Deal

[Carth]

Originally Posted by pip08456

Will the EU still exist then?

Probably, but it won't be called that anymore . . . and the uniforms will be different . . and everyone will carry guns and wear body armour . . and they won't eat fish

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by denphone

Hang on there as l was thinking 2025.

Yeah, well you are fond of misremembering!

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by Carth

Probably, but it won't be called that anymore . . . and the uniforms will be different . . and everyone will carry guns and wear body armour . . and they won't eat fish

You da man!

[1andrew1]

A daft idea, trying to manage both at the same time. the Government should have postponed Brexit for a year whilst it had the chance.

UK will struggle to deal with Brexit alongside Covid, says thinktank

Devolved administrations, local authorities and businesses risk being overwhelmed by Brexit implementation on 1 January, unable to deal with it alongside the urgent demands of the second wave of Covid-19, an influential thinktank has said.

Local councils, trading standards officers and port health authorities are all part of the Brexit operation but may find themselves stretched because of the resurgence of the virus, the Institute for Government said.

“The pandemic will make these plans harder. For example, critical staff may fall ill or need to isolate and resources may well be redirected to the pandemic response.

“And although central government has managed to shift resources back to Brexit preparations after they were redeployed to help with the pandemic earlier this year, there is less capacity among the devolved governments and local authorities to handle both,” says report titled Brexit: How Ready is the UK?

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...ays-thinktanks

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

A daft idea, trying to manage both at the same time. the Government should have postponed Brexit for a year whilst it had the chance.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...ays-thinktanks

The IfG is stuffed with Remainers and bankrolled by Lord Sainsbury, whose views on Brexit are very clear. They're entitled to their view but they're far from impartial on this subject, especially when it comes to making arguments that just so happen to involve delaying Brexit.

[jfman]

Originally Posted by Chris

The IfG is stuffed with Remainers and bankrolled by Lord Sainsbury, whose views on Brexit are very clear. They're entitled to their view but they're far from impartial on this subject, especially when it comes to making arguments that just so happen to involve delaying Brexit.

It’s important to note we’ve left the EU. Brexit has happened.

The transition period isn’t a vehicle to remain. Especially not in this Parliament.

Originally Posted by jfman

It’s important to note we’ve left the EU. Brexit has happened.

The transition period isn’t a vehicle to remain. Especially not in this Parliament.

Granted, we've left the EU. Extending the transition period, however, is attractive to the continuity remain campaign because it kicks the can down the road. Things are about as bad as they could possibly be, from their point of view, so any delay, with the mere possibility of something useful showing up, is as good a strategy as any.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Chris

The IfG is stuffed with Remainers and bankrolled by Lord Sainsbury, whose views on Brexit are very clear. They're entitled to their view but they're far from impartial on this subject, especially when it comes to making arguments that just so happen to involve delaying Brexit.

If it was a pro-Remain report it would want January 1 to go as badly as possible and they could have proclaimed "Told you so". By suggesting a means to make the change more painless suggests a degree of objectivity.

[jfman]

Originally Posted by Chris

Granted, we've left the EU. Extending the transition period, however, is attractive to the continuity remain campaign because it kicks the can down the road. Things are about as bad as they could possibly be, from their point of view, so any delay, with the mere possibility of something useful showing up, is as good a strategy as any.

However the transition period can’t be extended forever. It has an ultimate end date. There’s no end game for the ‘continuity remain’ types utilising this so it shouldn’t really be viewed through that prism. Or at least the idea of extension shouldn’t be dismissed on that basis.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by jfman

However the transition period can’t be extended forever. It has an ultimate end date. There’s no end game for the ‘continuity remain’ types utilising this so it shouldn’t really be viewed through that prism. Or at least the idea of extension shouldn’t be dismissed on that basis.

They may inhabit a dusty corner of Twitter but I don't think there is continuity-remain element of any scale.

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

A daft idea, trying to manage both at the same time. the Government should have postponed Brexit for a year whilst it had the chance.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...ays-thinktanks

When you combine Andrew with The Grauniad, you get the perfect Remainers' whinge.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

When you combine Andrew with The Grauniad, you get the perfect Remainers' whinge.

Sensible pragmatism over ideology.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

If it was a pro-Remain report it would want January 1 to go as badly as possible and they could have proclaimed "Told you so". By suggesting a means to make the change more painless suggests a degree of objectivity.

Very clever, Andrew, but we sussed the game you are playing sometime back now.

Any old excuse to delay our freedom which increases the scope to reverse everything.

The end of the transitional period will not be extended. We can be sure of that at least.

[jfman]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Very clever, Andrew, but we sussed the game you are playing sometime back now.

Any old excuse to delay our freedom which increases the scope to reverse everything.

The end of the transitional period will not be extended. We can be sure of that at least.

It may well not be, but if Biden wins overnight it leaves the UK scratching around with no major trade deals. The groundwork for which could be laid over the next 12 months. We can decide that as a free and sovereign nation.

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by jfman

It may well not be, but if Biden wins overnight it leaves the UK scratching around with no major trade deals. The groundwork for which could be laid over the next 12 months. We can decide that as a free and sovereign nation.

As I've said before, we trade OK with the US now and it's no disaster if we don't get a formal agreement with them.