Here is thread with few facts relevant to current drama on Brexit deal or rather more likely NO DEAL - FOR NOW!
1.) If we have to go to ‘no deal’ (/Australia deal) we will be doing what most members of World Trade Organisation (WTO - covering virtually every country in world) do. 2/ 2/3rds of trading in world is done under WTO rules. USA exports more than UK does to EU but does so under WTO rules; so does China.
2.) If tariffs have to be imposed under ‘no deal’ WTO rules, the EU will pay £12bn in tariffs a year and the U.K. £5bn (ref: Civitas) -

My personal view of the new deal - from dcb

It’s time to get Brexit done - let’s get the ball over the line at last!

I have been asked on what my views are on this new deal.

To take a rugby analogy suitable for tomorrow’s World Cup clashes, I feel like we have been in... 2/ an unending, bad tempered, head down, hard driving scrum - Leavers vs Remainers - for over three years since the Referendum, and that we are all feeling battered, bruised, irritable and drained, and need to finish this game.

With the clock ticking down, we have also found...

A Reality check on @BBCRealityCheck and their Article 24 GATT summary thread #WTOBrexitNOW

Hi @BBCChrisMorris I fear your ‘Reality Check’ on Article 24 of GATT fails in a number of important respects. These are some of the grounds that need addressing please: see thread @BBCRealityCheck @BBCChrisMorris 2/ 1.) You haven’t summarised the case for Article 24 properly. It is a simple, temporary basic Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between U.K. and EU which allows tariffs & quotas to continue at zero whilst a full and comprehensive FTA is negotiated instead, such as CETA+++/SuperCanada