Serious challenges are PILING UP for Britain:
1️⃣ the pandemic
2️⃣ negotiating a very important deal with the EU, who do not believe we are serious
3️⃣ and lighting the fuse on a deadline that is difficult to meet.
Great summary from @adampayne26.
businessinsider.com/brexit-trade-t…
1️⃣ the pandemic
2️⃣ negotiating a very important deal with the EU, who do not believe we are serious
3️⃣ and lighting the fuse on a deadline that is difficult to meet.
Great summary from @adampayne26.
businessinsider.com/brexit-trade-t…
The comments noted in the article illustrate serious issues, given they are coming from a partner crucial to our economic recovery from Coronavirus.
"The chasm is both broad and deep";
"Increasing numbers here [in Brussels] wonder if the British Government wants a deal at all."
"The chasm is both broad and deep";
"Increasing numbers here [in Brussels] wonder if the British Government wants a deal at all."
This...at the start of a recession is quite chilling.
Hillary Benn: "It's extraordinary that the government has not done an updated economic assessment of the kind of deal it's looking for with the EU, whereas on the US trade deal there were 50 to 60 pages of assessment"
Hillary Benn: "It's extraordinary that the government has not done an updated economic assessment of the kind of deal it's looking for with the EU, whereas on the US trade deal there were 50 to 60 pages of assessment"
To clarify...at the start of an unprecedented recession: the likes of which haven't been seen for 300 YEARS.
The least this incredible situation demands is careful research, planning and mitigation - ASAP - an extension is the first and obvious step.
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The least this incredible situation demands is careful research, planning and mitigation - ASAP - an extension is the first and obvious step.
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Seeking a transition is not political. It is existential for many British businesses, jobs and livelihoods.
Coronavirus + ending transition is the tinderbox nobody needs.
Look at this map. Just look at it.
Coronavirus + ending transition is the tinderbox nobody needs.
Look at this map. Just look at it.
We are worried about this. We want Britain to succeed. Brexit is done; that fight is over - but we can move forward sensibly and negotiate a good deal - the deal the Conservatives promised in their GE19 manifesto.
