Friday 23 November 2018

The Brexit no one wants

On Thursday, the UK and EU came to an agreement on the text of the framework political agreement.

This is not a or the trade deal, but an agreement to what form the talks take and the objective. Talks about talks then.

But even now, it is full of cake, as May cannot still come out and say what relationship the UK wants to have with the EU, its either aligned or moving away from alignment. When I say the UK cannot decide, I of course mean May and her cabinet cannot decide, bt it amounts to the same thing.

I won't go into details, but its not good for UK businesses or citizens, as there will be borders, maybe not in 2019, but in 202 or 2022 at the latest, and this means the cliff edge will just be delayed.

This is the Brexit no one wanted, as in trying to please everyone, she pleases no one. Makes everyone bloody angry. And when I say everyone, I mean Brexiteers and remainers.

But this is the Brexit the Brexiteers got because of their red lines, the same red lines that May adopted and ran with.

Not in the CU.

Not in the SM.

No jurisdiction by the UCJ.

No freedom of movement.

And it is this last thing that has survived Brexit, this was the whole point of Brexit, halting freedom of movement, not just for EU citizens to the UK, but to UK citizens to the EU, one of the things Brexiteers would not happen. Another lie.

It is likely that except for short holiday visits, visas will be needed for UK citizens who want to live or work in the EU, it will affect me as I would need work visas in each country I want to work in.

But this is not all, the UK is going to leave all the other EU institutions, including Galileo, willingly, meaning that UK will no longer be able to play a part in them, or IK scientists either.

It has no hope of being ratified in Parliament, at least the first time. May has ruled out a second referendum as long as she is PM, and reality rules out a no deal. So it will be this, or?

Or chaos. NO one really knows what will happen.

Either in 2019, 2020, or 2022, NI will effectively become a part of the EU, and Britain won't be, so Britain will have to take the decision on does it want trade deals with other countries, or keep the Union together.

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