Thread by @timd_IFG

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)

2. But there's no clarity on when/whether these deals will be ready - on EU trade deals, DIT hasn't confirmed the rollover of any yet, and I think the same is true of other departments dealing with deals in their policy areas

3. And, finally, the article quotes a senior police officer warning that 'criminal investigations which require cross-border co-operation could be dropped' if the UK leaves with no deal... our paper last week looked at how the two sides could avoid this:

instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publications/n…