Well, whaddaya know! After 18 months of Brexiters endlessly telling us we’re lying & fear-mongering, gov’s just confirmed that, as things stand, air services between UK and EU stop the day after no-deal kicks in.
Brexiters have been lying through their teeth. Do spread the word.
Brexiters have been lying through their teeth. Do spread the word.
There’s more. Here gov confirms aviation with 17 other countries comes under EU deals. All gov says is that it’s ‘confident’ replacement agreements will be agreed. Which, I’m sure you’ll agree coming from this famously dependable and competent government, is extremely reassuring
But clincher is buried here. As we keep saying, it’s not just about bilateral permission. It’s about EU safety certification disappearing the second we crash out of European Aviation Safety Agency. Gov confirms it’s powerless to ensure replacements. We are entirely at EU’s mercy.
I and fellow Remainers take little pleasure in being vindicated by the gov in this way. No satisfaction either from humiliation of Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab, who said just the other day that grounded planes were a fabrication and is now proved to be either ignorant or a liar.
Rather, this simply proves three fundamental facts:
1) Project Fear was actually Project Downplay. Remainers never spelt out anything like the full disaster
2) Taking back control = begging EU to let us fly a plane there
3) No-deal is still not happening. Not now, not ever.
1) Project Fear was actually Project Downplay. Remainers never spelt out anything like the full disaster
2) Taking back control = begging EU to let us fly a plane there
3) No-deal is still not happening. Not now, not ever.
