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David Henig
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Brexit in the summer is coming to resemble a slow-motion tennis match - today Philip Hammond returns the no-deal serve with a satisfying thwack to inspire some hope that this side isn't completely beaten... thetimes.co.uk/article/philip…
21 Conservative MPs is probably enough to win Commons votes (Parliamentary arithmetic being a particularly problematic subject on a party splitting issue like Brexit) - though as has been said many times before, not necessarily to stop no-deal thesun.co.uk/news/brexit/97…
Grateful to @MikeMcKTFC who points out the known Conservative anti no-deal rebels (Sandbach, Djanogly, Greening, Clarke, Lee, Bebb) did not sign this letter - so numbers climb towards 30
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David Henig
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On Brexit and fish...
And the US and onions...
August Saturday, Test Match, football season, really not the day for high level politics, better to talk about onions.

By way of a reminder that August can be a hopeless month for political plotting. Silly season. Which could comfort those watching anti no-dealers squabbling
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David Henig
@DavidHenigUK
The niche Twitter Brexit / trade subset of trashing every possible alternative model to UK membership of the EU or no-deal. Because why compromise when you can remain pure?

Out in the real world however... well for one, shall we see how much pleading we'll do in the EU?
There is no significant trade agreement we can make with *anybody* that does not involve compromises on the UK side

The ideologues insist that it is all different of course, that a trade deal with the US / EU (delete as applicable) is absolutely fine but appalling with the other
We collectively underestimate the time that will be taken in future ensuring UK goods / services are not unfairly discriminated against. There will be plenty of pleading going on in Brussels, DC, and Beijing in the future...
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David Henig
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Could there be a quick UK-US trade deal? Given that neither Government is overly concerned about traditional trade policy, international institutions, or pursuing the best long-term economic interests of their country, yes. (extract from... uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa… )
A good summary here of some of the issues from a US publication, in which I'm among the talking heads. Perhaps worth also adding that a UK-US trade deal to move the UK from the EU regulatory system is an ideological aim of leaders on both sides csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2…
Concluding trade agreements for non-economic reasons is not that unusual, not least given the limited economic benefit of trade deals. In this circumstance very important that business, consumers etc with interests know these and communicate them clearly and publicly.
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