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Financial commitments are ultimately a political issue. There are far deeper, possibly irreconcilable, holes in UK’s Brexit plans. A list:
1) Outside the customs union and single market, there is – as things stand – no solution in Ireland.
2) It is still not clear what the UK wants to transition to. A list of adjectives is not a plan.
3) Britain isn’t *really* preparing for the catastrophe that would be a no-deal. e.g. the dozens of tasks carried out by EU agencies.
4) Indeed, Britain hasn’t yet even planned for the implications of being a third country, outside the single market & customs union.
5) On 29 March 2019, the UK will be a third country. This has enormous consequence, and comes with tradeoffs the gov't has yet to explain.
6) For EU27 the integrity of the single market is paramount. It is the number 1 priority that trumps everything else buzzfeed.com/albertonardell…
7) Moment of truth will be when vague ideas like a “deep & special partnership” & “frictionless trade” fall apart. What is the plan then?
8/8 All the above said, the UK has clearly shifted on previous redlines – and could, maybe, do so on future relationship too.
