Maybe I wasn't listening properly, but I don't recall Brexiteers spending the last four and a half years setting out all the many problems that would be created by Brexit.
Admittedly, they have consistently railed against the protocol, but then again, those Brexiteers in Parliament also enthusiastically voted for it.
And when they did grudgingly accept that there was a problem with the border, the only solutions they offered up were unicorns, and Mr. Saxty is still riding one (I guess it must be fun).
As for complaining that the deal does nothing for financial services, well, that's what you get when you ask for an FTA and prioritise sovereignty, sovereignty, sovereignty.
Brexiteers never warned of any problems, they just wanted us all to believe, to close our eyes as tight as we could, & wish & wish with all our might, because then all their fantasies would come true. Well it's time to grow up. Brexit reality bites.
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So the government is going to ask business yet again, what rules it wants to scrap. Another in a long line of “red tape challenges” and I’ve lived through a few.
There is no legal provisions available to extend the status quo (i.e. the transition). The deadline for doing this passed on 1st July. That's it. Opportunity gone. Now the only options are to end transition with a deal, or without a deal.
So the only way now to extend the status quo is to create a new legal base in international law that make provision for this. This can only be done by:
Decades of over-priced and unreliable train services have left the county’s 100s of 1000s of commuters in a constant state of expensive and exhausted frustration.
EU getting their fish in a row. Barnier making sure he knows exactly what room for manoeuvre there is. Perhaps a chance to squeeze some for a little more flex. No real signs of the EU walking away, or of the UK not running the clock for a few more days (weeks?).
This is absolutely excellent @DavidHenigUK. Perfectly summarises where we are, how we got here, and why a deal, no matter how thin is better than no-deal.