The EU have just said they're willing to continue Brexit negotiations in 2021 on their existing negotiating mandate, even after the no-deal situation comes into force.
(From their POV this is the most logical move. They know no-deal makes the UK's weak hand much, much weaker.)
(From their POV this is the most logical move. They know no-deal makes the UK's weak hand much, much weaker.)
Tories might see the prospect positively:
1. All but the most headbangery know that *eventually* there has to be a deal
2. No-deal delivers the diamond-hard Brexit chum the right-wing sharks are desperate for
3. Every small gain in a deal is a "win" because starting from NOTHING
1. All but the most headbangery know that *eventually* there has to be a deal
2. No-deal delivers the diamond-hard Brexit chum the right-wing sharks are desperate for
3. Every small gain in a deal is a "win" because starting from NOTHING
Of course it crashes the economy and the pound, throws businesses further under a heavier bus, and forces firms to activate every worst-case contingency plan.
But all that may be seen as secondary to the chance to give the troublesome wing of the Tory party the no-deal it lusts.
But all that may be seen as secondary to the chance to give the troublesome wing of the Tory party the no-deal it lusts.
Finally: Tories have consistently complained recently that it's not fair to compare what they're negotiating in terms of trade deals etc. to what we used to have as EU members, because we've already left so the old conditions are already gone.
No-deal strengthens that argument!
No-deal strengthens that argument!
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