Breaking news: EU to offer UK the best trade deal so far post Brexit. Who was expecting that? Well I was for one.... the problem has always been with the timing. It'll take years to agree on the terms of any new trade agreement because the UK wants to diverge it's regulations
2/ away from those of the Single Market. And there is only a SINGLE market not cherry picked pieces. This is going to be the stumbling block for signing. FTAs usually require convergence of rules not divergence. DUP and UUP have been in Brussels today with their red lines.
3/ which means that an orderly Withdrawal cannot be agreed and UK leaves on 29/3/19. No WA=No Transition and a cliff edge Brexit that no-one in their right mind voted for. i.e. catastrophe for UK. When TM the PM comes back from Brussels next week she will be forced to present
4/ a deal which the Tory party and DUP will reject or no deal. Either way the House of Commons will likely vote against... so what then? We MUST have a #PeoplesVote on the final deal when we know what it is. No-one really knew what Brexit meant in 2016. We find out next week.
5/5 so.. as it stands we leave on 29/3/19 with catastrophic consequences across all nations of the UK or we take back control of democracy ASAP and demand our elected representatives give us all a vote on the final deal. Choice is disaster or remain in the EU.
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