Brexit: Now What? Part IV

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So yet again May's negotiating position is clear as mud:

UK-EU customs partnership 'still on table'

The UK government says it is leaving the customs union but ministers have not yet agreed what will come next.
Prime Minister Theresa May asked officials to draw up "revised proposals" after last week's meeting of her key Brexit committee.
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Which translates as she can't come up with a plan that won't enrage one faction of Tory backbenchers and/or the DUP.
 
Garrison said:
And meanwhile our Foreign Secretary is desperately trying to get the US president to stick to a treaty his country signed, not a great advert for any future trade deal.
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To be fair, consider the President we have over here.

Having the U.S., as it is currently, as your first trade negotiation is turning the difficulty level to "impossible".
 
More disunity in the cabinet about our post-Brexit future.

BoJo doesn't like the proposed EU customs arrangement fudge, claiming that it will negatively affect the UK's prospects of reaching non-EU trade deals.

Boris Johnson has described one of No 10's proposals for a post-Brexit customs arrangement as "crazy".

A "customs partnership", thought to be favoured by the PM, would involve the UK collecting import tariffs on behalf of the EU.

In a Daily Mail interview, the foreign secretary said it would limit the UK's ability to do post-Brexit trade deals.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44035676

IMO a bit rich from the man that assured us during the Brexit campaign that we'd still be in the EEA post-Brexit :mad:
 
Gavin Williamson the Defence Minister says that after Brexit we should build our own GPS system.

This is rather than continue participation in the European Galileo system for which we have already stumped upthe cash and are contributing a lot of technology and hardware.

You couldn't ask for a more perfect encapsulation of the pointlessness of Brexit.
 
Captain_Swoop, I wouldn't want to bet on your last phrase.
 
I presume we'll be resurrecting Black Arrow? It's either that or have foreigners launch the satellites for us.

These are the people we selected to lead us. I think the system's broken.
 
fagin said:
More a case of Blackadder I think. Or Baldrick to be precise.
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Baldrick would be an upgrade on this shower.

Lord Edmund himself would have them for breakfast.

(While Flashheart eviscerated Boris and exiled Farage.)
 
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Who needs GPS anyway? A good reliable hand-drawn map on a vellum scroll is preferable in most cases, and if one finds oneself in a remote area without reliable maps, one should simply hire a local coachman to steer one's carriage.

When travelling light and unable to find a map in the library of your host, it is always possible to contact your valet or butler and ask for directions by means of the newfangled telegraph system.
 
Old news repeated. In the absence of a free trade deal with the EU, food prices in the UK are predicted to rise:

The Lords EU Environment Committee said it was "inconceivable" there would be no impact on EU produce, which makes up 30% of the UK's food imports.

While better-off customers could afford to buy more expensive home-grown goods, it said, those on lower incomes could be left with lower-quality imports.
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The response from Brexiteers is, as usual, to drop standards:

Brexit-supporting MPs say leaving the EU could reduce food prices by removing unnecessary regulation on UK farmers and cutting tariffs on imports from the rest of the world.
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There's always "unnecessary regulation" whose unnecessariess and/or cost seems to evaporate under inspection.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44060430

I find this bit interesting:

Most companies had no idea what the impact of Brexit would be on their business, she said.

"It's surprising to see how little advanced companies are in terms of mapping their flows and looking at what their exposure is," said Ms Bastidon.

"Only a few are starting to fully realise the impact that Brexit will have on their business."
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I find that entirely believable. How can business reasonably plan for the effects of Brexit when the nature of Brexit is completely unclear and the UK government's objectives are mutually exclusive :confused:
 
I would find it remarkable if a House of Lords committee ever said anything that was pro-Brexit. The House of Lords has been fanatically anti-Brexit from the start. I'm sure that has nothing to do with privileged lords such as Heseltine and Kinnock receiving hundreds of thousands of pounds in EU handouts (paid for by us taxpayers, of course).
 
Information Analyst said:
Please elaborate.
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catsmate said:
I too would be fascinated to hear about these "EU handouts".

But them I'm still waiting for ceptimus where in the referendum pamphlet the the Prime Minister "specified leaving the EU does indeed mean leaving the Customs Union".
:rolleyes:
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Are you asking for facts? I have no idea why. Facts are confusing; you can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true...

:D
 
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