BRexit : Shall UK stay in EU or go now?

Some say the covid crisis is perfect cover for a no deal Brexit.

So much for BoJo's oven ready trade deal.

UK declined to extend the transition period and now have to do a deal by about September.


Scottish and Welsh FMs lose bid for transition period extension
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotlan...ves_the_eu&link_location=live-reporting-story


New momentum needed in trade talks, say UK and EU

The EU also noted the UK's decision not to extend the transition period, which ends in December.

Mrs von der Leyen said they "agreed to deliver the best deal" for citizens.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-53048164



Dispute mechanism is key sticking point in Brexit talks, says Von der Leyen


Ursula von der Leyen has highlighted the UK’s rejection of an all-encompassing punishment mechanism to keep it true to any Brexit deal with the EU as the emerging threat to an agreement, as a leaked document revealed Germany wants to draw up plans for “no deal 2.0”.
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...many-urges-eu-to-plan-for-possible-no-deal-20
 
All aboard the failtrain, tuut tuut. This isn't gonna go well. Just look at how poorly the UK govt has handled COVID. I have zero hopes for any decent EU-Brexit agreements before NYE.
 
So.... about the money the Brexiteers claim to save by leaving the EU....

Brexit will have soon cost the UK more than all its payments to the EU over the past 47 years put together
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Brexit is set to have cost the UK more than £200 billion in lost economic growth by the end of this year — a figure that almost eclipses the total amount the UK has paid toward the European Union budget over the past 47 years.
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Full article: https://www.businessinsider.com/brexit-will-cost-uk-more-than-total-payments-to-eu-2020-1

Of course, a projected difference in economic growth in not an exact science, so this may be taken with a grain of salt, but...
 
Delays, Fines: the U.K. Details the Costs of Brexit Border

cost of the new Brexit customs paperwork alone at about 13 billion pounds a year.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...plan-hinges-on-untested-it-system-being-ready

U.K.-EU border, according to a 206-page government document entitled “The Border with the European Union”.
https://assets.publishing.service.g..._-_Border_Operating_Model_FINAL_1320_edit.pdf




HMRC document shows firms in Great Britain will be obliged to complete three types of electronic paperwork
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...system-for-checks-on-goods-crossing-irish-sea
 
Is this a surprise? They were warned. Of places I researched to visit before the covid the uk wasnt on that list.

Enough people bought the fairy tale to make the nightmare come true.

The Trump & Boris trade deal is going to the greatest ............
 
Russia report may finally be published after Boris stalling tactics -

MP who beat Chris Grayling to intelligence chair role loses Tory whip

Julian Lewis kicked out of parliamentary party after beating Boris Johnson’s pick


The committee now has a short window before the start of the summer recess in which it could publish the Russia report, delayed since before the election when Johnson refused to clear it for publication.
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...ils-to-become-intelligence-and-security-chair
 
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What is comrade Boris trying to hide?

UK yet to do report into Russia interference in Brexit!!!!!!!

Russia report reveals UK government failed to investigate Kremlin interference

Intelligence and security committee publishes long-delayed findings on Russia’s influence over UK politics
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...emlin-interference-scottish-referendum-brexit

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/jul/21/uk-coronavirus-live-covid-19-latest-news-updates

pdf
https://docs.google.com/a/independe...lbnQuZ292LnVrfGlzY3xneDo1Y2RhMGEyN2Y3NjM0OWFl

ISC press release
https://docs.google.com/a/independe...lbnQuZ292LnVrfGlzY3xneDoxMmRkZmU2MjQ4ZWEzNDI0
 
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Surprise! Not!
Brexit will deliver double shock to UK economy, study finds
Exclusive: LSE report says even sectors unscathed from coronavirus crisis will be severely affected
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...e-shock-to-uk-economy-study-finds-coronavirus


Part of Brexit is screwing up security cooperation -
Encrochat shows Europol is irreplaceable in fighting cross border crime
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/com...-irreplaceable-fighting-cross-border-crime_en
 
Papers leaked before UK election in suspected Russian operation were hacked from ex-trade minister - sources

Classified U.S.-UK trade documents leaked ahead of Britain’s 2019 election were stolen from the email account of former trade minister Liam Fox by suspected Russian hackers,
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-b...-from-ex-trade-minister-sources-idUKKBN24Z1UL



Johnson Rewards His Brexit & Russian Peers

https://bylinetimes.com/2020/07/31/lording-it-over-us-johnson-rewards-his-brexit-russian-peers/
 
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