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It’s time to have a very brief discussion about @LiamFox and a very revealing from his #Brexit trade deal interview with @skynews @AdamParsons1. 
In the interview, Disgraced Former Defence Secretary @LiamFox says
“We are... only replicating the agreements that we have as a member of the EU”
Let’s see where we are today:
The UK needs 40 of these roll-over agreements
Those 40 agreements cover just 12% of UK trade
It has 4
“We are... only replicating the agreements that we have as a member of the EU”
Let’s see where we are today:
The UK needs 40 of these roll-over agreements
Those 40 agreements cover just 12% of UK trade
It has 4
Those 4 are
Chile
Switzerland
The Faroe Islands
Eastern and Southern Africa
That leaves 36 to go.
And, by Fox’s on admission, those 36 are refusing continuity agreements. The UK wants nothing new, nothing extra, just the status quo.
And he cannot achieve it.
Chile
Switzerland
The Faroe Islands
Eastern and Southern Africa
That leaves 36 to go.
And, by Fox’s on admission, those 36 are refusing continuity agreements. The UK wants nothing new, nothing extra, just the status quo.
And he cannot achieve it.
Obviously, the gammons will never admit it but the UK has the weakest negotiating position in history - desperate for a deal with nothing, including access to the prized EU single market, to offer. Every other country holds all the cards and they can smell the desperation.
