1/ Debate Trade Fact Check (imagine I'm a party political account with a blue tick):
Summary:
Pros: No one mentioned "Article XXIV"
Cons: No one said anything true or not deliberately misleading. The discourse on trade is worse than ever.
Summary:
Pros: No one mentioned "Article XXIV"
Cons: No one said anything true or not deliberately misleading. The discourse on trade is worse than ever.
2/ Corbyn Statement: "An FTA with the US will take 7 years."
Why not 6, or 8?
There is absolutely no way to predict how long an FTA will take. I can think of no factual basis for the seven year figure, and I challenge anyone in @UKLabour to explain how they derived it.
Why not 6, or 8?
There is absolutely no way to predict how long an FTA will take. I can think of no factual basis for the seven year figure, and I challenge anyone in @UKLabour to explain how they derived it.
3/ Johnson Statement: "The NHS is not for sale."
Cool. It's a free trade agreement negotiation, not an auction.
The question at hand is really whether a Conservative government will make concessions on how NHS procures drugs and which NHS tasks are open to US tender.
Cool. It's a free trade agreement negotiation, not an auction.
The question at hand is really whether a Conservative government will make concessions on how NHS procures drugs and which NHS tasks are open to US tender.
4/ Both: "Our approaches get Brexit done in 3 months/6 months."
Question was "When will we stop hearing about it?" and the answer to that is "not for years".
Even if Johnson miraculously concludes an FTA with the EU in 11 months, there will still be plenty to negotiate. Soz.
Question was "When will we stop hearing about it?" and the answer to that is "not for years".
Even if Johnson miraculously concludes an FTA with the EU in 11 months, there will still be plenty to negotiate. Soz.
5/ Johnson Statement: "They said I couldn't get the WA reopened and I did."
No one anticipated your conceding a border between one part of your country and the other parts, applying the tariffs, and checking against the regulations of a bloc you won't belong to.
You got us.
No one anticipated your conceding a border between one part of your country and the other parts, applying the tariffs, and checking against the regulations of a bloc you won't belong to.
You got us.
6/ That's all the ones I can remember, but feel free to suggest more and I'll append them.
