New deals

Much was made by weasel in chief, Nigel Farrage, and the Right leaning red top tabloids this week, with Donald Trump suggesting that Britain would be forst in the queue in getting a trade deal with his new US administration. Oh goody, nothing to worry about then, all will be well.

At the same time, the PM stated that no deal with the EU would be better than a bad deal. Which is fine, until you look at what Trump has been saying through the past two years, and again in his rambling acceptance speech yesterday. Making America great again, America first, deal will be done in America's interest. So, would no deal with the US also be better than a bad deal? I mean I could do a deal with the US and any other country you can mention, they won't be good deals, but they would be deals. The better the deal, the more time they take, and the more experienced negotiators needed. Something Britain is painfully short of, as they all work for the EU at the moment. We will have to hire them in. Foreign trade negotiators, to negotiate our trade deals.

Taking back control right there.

And David Davis stated this week, after being asked if the Civil Service could cope with Brexit, he answered that it coped with WWII, so Brexit would be fine. ONly it had to triple in size for the war. And in the last 6 years it has shrunk by 20%. So not easy at all.

And as for taking back control of immigration: well, both India and Australia have bot said that our immigration rules would have to be loosened. More control, right there.

As ever, the Government and Brexiteers talk tough on Brexit and any deals that will be made, but as ever reality will rule. And already Britain has already had to accept the EU's position that no free trade without free movement. Which is why May had to go for the hardest Brexit. The threats were not needed, and will anger our soon to be ex-European friends. Anyway, they are laughing at us, and rightly so.

Finally, Toyota, who we were told signed a deal to make their next two models in Sunderland, have now had a rethink after the PM's speech on Tuesday, and will see how the deal with the EU goes.

Oh dear.

Any deal with the EU will leave Britain poorer, how poorer depends on the terms of that deal. Leavers were sold the idea of the money it would save up and free for the NHS and other worthy things, what will happen when they find it was a bunch of lies spun by snake oil salesmen and charlatans? The wheels will come off, and will come off badly, and unless the process can be stopped, restarted or paused, there will be a whole lot of blame flying round.