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Do you think there will be a Deal or No Deal?

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Adisa said:
Missed this. A Tory would sell their own mother.
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The really amusing thing is that they are now bluffing with something they have already not done. They could have left on march 31st with no deal.


They're like a guy on top of a skyscraper shouting "I will jump" every day of the week for 3 years now.
 
Paul the Wolf said:
The threat used to be : "If you don't give us a fantastic deal we'll jump off the cliff"

Now the threat is: " If you don't give us a fantastic deal we'll stay"

EU give in: Please go! Please go now!
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One cannot threaten something one cannot control.
 
Paul the Wolf said:
They can revoke A50.
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I mean in the hypothetical case where they would there would have to have been a major change in attitude towards the EU and presumably no one in the EU would say no... (So yes, the possibility exists), but it would have to be with the intention of staying (according to my memories of the ruling).

But i'm not sure that even covers the current extension?
 
Abizzz said:
I mean in the hypothetical case where they would there would have to have been a major change in attitude towards the EU and presumably no one in the EU would say no... (So yes, the possibility exists), but it would have to be with the intention of staying (according to my memories of the ruling).

But i'm not sure that even covers the current extension?
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Yes there would need to be a big change in attitude and the intention to stay for the long term.
Have a feeling the UK government, whoever it is, will continue to try to extend, they may be full of bravado but most of them realise a no deal exit will be catastrophic but they can't say that to the public.
 
Paul the Wolf said:
Yes there would need to be a big change in attitude and the intention to stay for the long term.
Have a feeling the UK government, whoever it is, will continue to try to extend, they may be full of bravado but most of them realise a no deal exit will be catastrophic but they can't say that to the public.
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Why can’t they say it when any person with even half a brain cell knows that already.
There is absolutely no positive in leaving with no deal apart from sticking to an arbitrary and meaningless date.

I continually hear people saying they are fed up with brexit and we should just leave. A classic case of emotional thinking with zero logic. Just like the referendum...
 
Buster15 said:
Why can’t they say it when any person with even half a brain cell knows that already.
There is absolutely no positive in leaving with no deal apart from sticking to an arbitrary and meaningless date.

I continually hear people saying they are fed up with brexit and we should just leave. A classic case of emotional thinking with zero logic. Just like the referendum...
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They can't say it because it destroys the image of utopia that Brexit represents. Anyone who had an sense wouldn't have voted for Brexit in the first place.
People say they're fed up because they think things will mainly stay the same as prior to Brexit so just get it over with. Surprise!

Sassy Colin said:
I must have missed that, is it back on the table again?
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Until the UK leave it's always there.
 
Paul the Wolf said:
They can revoke A50.
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Not now, the time for that was May's 'falling on her sword' announcement which should have also included revoking A50.

The reason for, the holding of, the result of, and the dealing with the outcome from the referendum were, and a have always been politically motivated; its nothing to do with economics. This is something remainers have never understood and leavers always did. There will be a price to pay, whether its temporary or on going in economic terms is to be seen when it happens, in political terms it will definitely change the face of the UK, may even lead to a break up of the UK.

In my opinion it is all the result of the UK not having a specific English Parliament, to stand alongside the others in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast. Issues that were almost uniquely relevant to England and less so in Wales and much less so in Scotland and NI festered and became toxic, made more so because all the 'political' attention was focused on, what do the Scots want? What would the Welsh prefer? What would settle the Irish problem? etc. The majority of people in the UK reside in England, they should have had, and may still get, their own Parliament... but don't hold your breath!
 
Maticmaker said:
Not now, the time for that was May's 'falling on her sword' announcement which should have also included revoking A50.

The reason for, the holding of, the result of, and the dealing with the outcome from the referendum were, and a have always been politically motivated; its nothing to do with economics. This is something remainers have never understood and leavers always did. There will be a price to pay, whether its temporary or on going in economic terms is to be seen when it happens, in political terms it will definitely change the face of the UK, may even lead to a break up of the UK.

In my opinion it is all the result of the UK not having a specific English Parliament, to stand alongside the others in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast. Issues that were almost uniquely relevant to England and less so in Wales and much less so in Scotland and NI festered and became toxic, made more so because all the 'political' attention was focused on, what do the Scots want? What would the Welsh prefer? What would settle the Irish problem? etc. The majority of people in the UK reside in England, they should have had, and may still get, their own Parliament... but don't hold your breath!
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I don't think A50 will be revoked but in theory it is still a possibility.
The reason leavers think it's nothing to with economics is because they either think it won't affect them or will be some minor inconvenience whereas most remainers realise it's going to a be a lot more serious than that. Much more serious and I don't think the Leavers will think the same when reality does finally hit them.

A no deal Brexit will shake the UK to its core and people living in England may get their own parliament whether they want it or not.
 
Paul the Wolf said:
I don't think A50 will be revoked but in theory it is still a possibility.
The reason leavers think it's nothing to with economics is because they either think it won't affect them or will be some minor inconvenience whereas most remainers realise it's going to a be a lot more serious than that. Much more serious and I don't think the Leavers will think the same when reality does finally hit them.

A no deal Brexit will shake the UK to its core and people living in England may get their own parliament whether they want it or not.
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It will shake europe too but apparently they have it covered. Yeah right.
 
Stanley Road said:
It will shake europe too but apparently they have it covered. Yeah right.
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Of course it will hurt Europe. Which is why Europe didn't want Brexit and doesn't want a no deal Brexit. They're not the ones literally asking for it to happen.
 
John Crace said:
Brexit dominated the first 45 minutes and as expected neither man had any answers. But then a lack of realism has been the default position of both Boris and Hunt throughout and they weren’t about to change now. Brexit was something that would happen providing you believed in it enough. What had been missing was someone who would look the EU in the eyes and tell them we were mad and self-destructive enough to trash the entire country to get things done. Of course there would be casualties along the way, but true patriotic Brits should be prepared to lay down their lives so that everyone who survived could be made poorer.

On and on the nonsense went. Both men unilaterally ditched the Northern Ireland backstop and put their faith in alternative border technologies that did not yet exist. Boris even promised to take back control by increasing immigration. Not exactly what many Brexiters had voted for, but trust in politics is now so low that no one really cares what anyone says. Coherence is a state to which no one now even aspires. Lying is now truth.
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It will be Boris Johnson. And it will certainly be a disaster:
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...s-johnson-and-it-will-certainly-be-a-disaster
 
Grinner said:
Nonsense. I'm sure that senior diplomats recognise the realpolitik situation here in that you can't keep somebody who called Trump a moronic, corrupt cnut in that position. Everyone knows that Boris and Hunt think that Trump is a cnut, but they can't openly express that view because of the need for a close relationship with the US.
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Makes the transition to being Trump's bitch quicker. Hope Boris has agreed a safe word.
 
Paul the Wolf said:
A no deal Brexit will shake the UK to its core and people living in England may get their own parliament whether they want it or not.
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I think you might be right!

Especially as a second referendum, or more likely a GE, (since Brexit may have happened) shows that only England wants to leave the EU and the other three nations want now to stay i.e. Revoke their bit of the A50 on their own, and/or return to the EU, if the deed has been done.

This could be demonstrated by SNP winning in Scotland, Labour (Remain dominated) in Wales, Conservative/Brexit Party Coalition winning in England and, well who knows about NI, depends on whether Direct rule is still in place? Of course this all assumes Boris doesn't get some sort of fudged outcome for the 31st Oct, that he can call it a 'managed no deal' but the EU still insist is a straight (no surrender) 'no deal', but both sides lap it up, just thankful to be out of the tunnel at last.
 
Maticmaker said:
I think you might be right!

Especially as a second referendum, or more likely a GE, (since Brexit may have happened) shows that only England wants to leave the EU and the other three nations want now to stay i.e. Revoke their bit of the A50 on their own, and/or return to the EU, if the deed has been done.

This could be demonstrated by SNP winning in Scotland, Labour (Remain dominated) in Wales, Conservative/Brexit Party Coalition winning in England and, well who knows about NI, depends on whether Direct rule is still in place? Of course this all assumes Boris doesn't get some sort of fudged outcome for the 31st Oct, that he can call it a 'managed no deal' but the EU still insist is a straight (no surrender) 'no deal', but both sides lap it up, just thankful to be out of the tunnel at last.
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are the remain? really???? I though the policy was blue brexit is bad but if they won a GE they would negotiate a glorious red brexit? (that they may then campaign for or against)
 
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sun_tzu said:
are the remain? really???? I though the policy was blue brexit is bad but if they won a GE they would negotiate a glorious red brexit? (that they may then campaign for or against)
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It seems to depend upon whether the GE came before or after a 'No deal' Brexit and I was assuming for the purposes of the argument about the UK possibly breaking up, that Labour can't win a GE in England if its gone 'remain' (lose too many seats in the North to the Brexit Party) if its prior to GE, but might win in Wales if (in coalition with the Welsh Nats) it promised to take Wales out of the UK and/or back into the EU under its own steam i.e.as an independent nation, as its assumed the SNP will do with Scotland, if its forced out of the EU, whether by a formal WA agreement, or by a no deal scenario!

For all sorts of reasons (not just his own) basically Boris is right, Brexit has to be done and dusted on or before the 31st Oct otherwise an overtly political (never mind an economic) crisis will ensue around the continuation of the UK itself... perhaps it will anyway!
 
It seem that there had been a meltdown at the European parliament by Farage and co at the suggestion of a European defence army. Once more he likened the EU to a communist state and then he tried to ridicule Macron calling him the new Napoleon which is kind of ironic considering that his mate Trump had organised a military parade just few days ago. It strange how the UK seem terrified of a Europe which is military independent rather then under the thumb of third countries such as the warmongering US. Von der Leyen delivered a magnificent speech which was unfortunately heckled by the British MEPs and MEP Van Orden had the cheek to utilise that speech to attack the very withdrawal agreement that the UK had previously agreed upon with the EU.

I wonder why the European parliament keep coddling this people. They should pull the plug out of this mess by not offering any more extensions.
 
devilish said:
It seem that there had been a meltdown at the European parliament by Farage and co at the suggestion of a European defence army. Once more he likened the EU to a communist state and then he tried to ridicule Macron calling him the new Napoleon which is kind of ironic considering that his mate Trump had organised a military parade just few days ago. It strange how the UK seem terrified of a Europe which is military independent rather then under the thumb of third countries such as the warmongering US. Von der Leyen delivered a magnificent speech which was unfortunately heckled by the British MEPs and MEP Van Orden had the cheek to utilise that speech to attack the very withdrawal agreement that the UK had previously agreed upon with the EU.

I wonder why the European parliament keep coddling this people. They should pull the plug out of this mess by not offering any more extensions.
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Because they will all be affected, isn't it obvious to you?
 
Stanley Road said:
Because they will all be affected, isn't it obvious to you?
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The UK's economy will be ravaged by a no deal Brexit but they do not seem too worried about it at all. Instead they keep wasting time doing this comedy elections while adults keep waiting for the British to stop negotiating with themselves and sort the mess they caused possibily by signing a WA they previously agreed upon

Maybe because I'm a Maltese and we're experienced in ignoring the doom and gloom surrounding a no deal with the UK having passed (and thrived) from it ourselves. What I do know is that this uncertainty cannot be sustained for long. We need to move on from Brexit and if the British cannot do it themselves then we have to do it on their behalf
 
The pound has been declining for a while now after steadying out for a bit.

Currently trading at $1.24 USD.
 
devilish said:
The UK's economy will be ravaged by a no deal Brexit but they do not seem too worried about it at all. Instead they keep wasting time doing this comedy elections while adults keep waiting for the British to stop negotiating with themselves and sort the mess they caused possibily by signing a WA they previously agreed upon

Maybe because I'm a Maltese and we're experienced in ignoring the doom and gloom surrounding a no deal with the UK having passed (and thrived) from it ourselves. What I do know is that this uncertainty cannot be sustained for long. We need to move on from Brexit and if the British cannot do it themselves then we have to do it on their behalf
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My answer was to your question in bold.
 
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