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Sep 24, 2018 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
A few thoughts on today's #nodeal notices - as others have said, these are some of the really juicy ones...
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This is the first time, AFAIK, that the Government has accepted in such stark terms that no deal will mean:
- disruption to supply chains
- potential for no flights or bus services between UK and EU, and between UK and other countries (including flights to US)
The paper stresses that the ERG support the principle of no hard border, which will be welcome to all sides
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Also says that customs checks won't be a problem - which is true if the Govt can swing the Facilitated Customs Arrangement, which both the EU and the ERG have problems with...
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Sep 10, 2018 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Interesting story in the Mail last week which didn't get much pick up - few thoughts below...
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6…1. This says that the UK will negotiate bilateral deals with every EU country to ensure flights can continue if we leave without a deal. So, as @jl_owen says, no deal actually means 27 deals (plus all the ones we need with other countries that are currently negotiated by the EU)