FYI, as soon as we pass Brexit Day (currently 29 March 2019, 11pm UK time) we're OUT of the EU. And once we're out, Brexit is irreversible. Also, we will have lost all our treaties.
1) During a transition period, we're already out.
2) During a backstop period, we're already out.
1) During a transition period, we're already out.
2) During a backstop period, we're already out.
So while both an Article 50 extension and a longer transition period would give us more time to negotiate our future relationships with the EU and other countries, ONLY the A50 extension keeps us inside the EU. By TP time it's too late. We're gone, finito, game over!
Now, the transition period or backstopped period may shield us from the worst immediate effects of leaving the EU, but the cliff edge doesn't go away, it just moves. We still have no treaties and no trade agreements left. We just have longer to renegotiate everything.
And the consequences of losing all those treaties are, frankly, horrific. See the thread below for full details...
https://twitter.com/uk_domain_names/status/1052056004446380037
So if you're fighting to stop Brexit, there are two and only two options:
A) Stop Brexit in some way before Brexit Day
B) Extend the Article 50 period, then stop Brexit in some way before we get to the end of the extended Article 50 period (i.e. the new Brexit Day)
A) Stop Brexit in some way before Brexit Day
B) Extend the Article 50 period, then stop Brexit in some way before we get to the end of the extended Article 50 period (i.e. the new Brexit Day)
Added: some media outlets (and MPs) are pretty “hazy” about the above. Whether by omission, disinterest, lack of knowledge or deliberately, who knows? But muddying the waters (even inadvertently) clearly helps the cause of Leave by lessening the perceived urgency to stop Brexit.
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