In the absence of any deal, the EU has proposed a series of limited-time, limited-effect mitigations to avoid the full chaos of no-deal Brexit. Lots to digest, but worth digging into... not least because they make clear how hard life without them would be.
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They make it crystal clear that, if the UK doesn't return to the negotiating table sharpish in the new year, we are bang out of luck. Planes will stop, hauliers won't be able to transport goods, etc.
Cards? Ha. We'll only be able to dream of the days we still had *any* to play!
Cards? Ha. We'll only be able to dream of the days we still had *any* to play!
Reading through them, it's warming that *someone* has our backs (even if it is also to protect the EU's own interests), because our own government has clearly abandoned us long ago.
Upside: chaos won't be as dreadful as it could have been. We should be thankful for that.
Downside:
- It blunts the full horror of no-deal longer, letting the Brexiters get away with the narrative that it "wasn't so bad"
- Gives Boris Johnson time to see no-deal in, and scarper
Downside:
- It blunts the full horror of no-deal longer, letting the Brexiters get away with the narrative that it "wasn't so bad"
- Gives Boris Johnson time to see no-deal in, and scarper
There is also a notion that these might only apply if the UK signs up to the mitigations that require bilateralness. (That includes access to fish in each other's waters.)
Not sure what happens if the UK goes "thanks for the unilateral stuff, we're not signing anything our end."
Not sure what happens if the UK goes "thanks for the unilateral stuff, we're not signing anything our end."
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