Brexit

[rob1]

They're crapping themselves regards contagion . therefore their thinking is muddled .

They have concerns regarding the Irish border ..... are we in the Customs Union or not if we knew the answer we could do something .

I agree they are the biggest problems, but if the EU is so great then no one would leave they are shooting themselves in the foot by having this worry

 

[matthew]

Every port and airport in the UK has a hard border + calais , what's the problem .

No problem as a member of a free movement, no borders group..
Big problem as a 'third country' ouside the EU bloc. Ferries are geared for ro-ro fast turnaroud, and any delay due to customs clearances will back up very quickly, both here and over the channel or the north sea.

Bonded warehouses.
Just check the container seals at the ports.

It's fresh food which will suffer any delay. And agricultural / phyto sanitary products come under different rules.

I do hope you're right, but many industries including Ports and Logistics companies are now waking up to the reality of trying to put in place some sort of transition agreements, post 29/03/2019.
If we throw our teddies and crash out with a no deal, it will get very interesting.

Personally, I don't appreciate people playing Bluff with my livelihood..

 

[Y Fan Wen]

Thought I would have a read of the blog you linked to. Wished I had not. I shall advise my children to prepare to leave the UK for work and a life. Sad. They can also leave their student loan with HMG as well then.

What we really need to be aware of when reading Richard and Peter North's blogs is that they were both activist leavers in the period before the referendum.

 

[matthew]

What we really need to be aware of when reading Richard and Peter North's blogs is that they were both activist leavers in the period before the referendum.

Richard has had a life time investigating how the EU was conceived, the Treaties signed and the rigmarole necessary to unravel us from those Treaties which have created this federalist supertanker. His research is thorough and sound, with links given, so you can read it for yourself. It is also supported by senior civil servants working within government, if not some of the 'mouthpieces' currently making such a hash of things.
It didn't have to be this way.

His background is food safety and his support for British agriculture is humbling. Particularly when others, including our current minister, see it as a bargaining chip.

 

[Jackov Altraids]

This has been an excellent thread and it seems to be suggesting a conclusion.
The biggest fear for many is uncertainty.
Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed and so planning for anything and everything is huge waste of time and money or have the disaster of no plan at all.

Logically, the best course of action is to assume we will have no deal.
Do not pay anything as a divorce settlement and we have a healthy war chest to spend on new infrastructure and bargain our way to a deal from outside.

We can then actually get on with the hard bits like Ireland and Gibralter.

When things are badly tangled, it is usually best to cut it off completely and start again. It would end much off the uncertainty and be the start of ending the rest.

 

[Y Fan Wen]

'As I mentioned a couple of days ago the mainland EU countries and companies have moved on. They see the UK as an unpredictable political and economic risk, that is best left to its own devises. They may well have needed us in June 2016, but they're trying there hardest not to in 2018.

The UK is still trying to be an integrated special part of the EU.'

From the comment section of the RN blog.