Brexit has well and truly begun!

[Carana]

What brilliant deal did David Davis have in mind that nasty ol’ Theresa wouldn’t let him negotiate?

Are you sitting down?

David Davis on Post-Brexit Global Trade (February 2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V4dbzVRoq4

[Carana]

I love those. Watch them on youtube from time to time.   It also looks like the writer was correct when he showed the huge influence on the largely remain (according to David Davis) civil service

We retain different things. LOLL

Mine is that politician peacocks come and go, often without a clue about their portfolio, but seasoned civil servants have the "been there, tried that" experience to know what is workable or not.

Over time, governments of various flavours turn up. The role of civil servantts is to keep the cogs in motion.

[Jean-Pierre]

Are you sitting down?

David Davis on Post-Brexit Global Trade (February 2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V4dbzVRoq4

Thanks for the warning Carana. 

Did he mention NO DEAL, stockpiling, troops on the streets etc....

[Venturi Swirl]

Thanks for the warning Carana. 

Did he mention NO DEAL, stockpiling, troops on the streets etc....

No, but he did in effect say that they need us more than we need them, so nil desperandum.  We all need to relax and wait for the EU to cave in and give us everything we want which they surely will on or around the 28th March.

[Eleanor]

The Exchange Rate between Euro and Pound is a teensy bit better today, although only fractional better than it has been and nothing to write home about.

I wonder what caused that.

[Angelo222]

The Exchange Rate between Euro and Pound is a teensy bit better today, although only fractional better than it has been and nothing to write home about.

I wonder what caused that.

The pound will strengthen once the UK leaves the EU and it becomes clear that all the scaremongering was for nothing.

[Venturi Swirl]

The pound will strengthen once the UK leaves the EU and it becomes clear that all the scaremongering was for nothing.

At what point do you expect that to happen and under what circumstances- deal or no deal?

[Eleanor]

The pound will strengthen once the UK leaves the EU and it becomes clear that all the scaremongering was for nothing.

I have watched this for twenty years, and it has only ever got progressively worse.  It will take some time for The Pound to get back to where it was in the beginning, if it ever does.

Not that I care all that much any more.  It's swings and roundabouts for me since The French State stepped in to help me.

[Carana]

Thanks for the warning Carana. 

Did he mention NO DEAL, stockpiling, troops on the streets etc....

He worked for Tate & Lyle for 17 years and worked in Canada at some point.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Davis_(British_politician)

Not sure how that qualified him to become Brexit Secretary, which involves rather a lot more than shifting sugarr.

[Carana]

The pound will strengthen once the UK leaves the EU and it becomes clear that all the scaremongering was for nothing.

Do you mean at 23:10 on 29 March, once all the international deals have been signed and are ready for immediate implementation?

[Carana]

The pound will strengthen once the UK leaves the EU and it becomes clear that all the scaremongering was for nothing.

Vis-à-vis which currency?

[Venturi Swirl]

He worked for Tate & Lyle for 17 years and worked in Canada at some point.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Davis_(British_politician)

Not sure how that qualified him to become Brexit Secretary, which involves rather a lot more than shifting sugarr.

Perhaps Theresa thought if he asked the EU very nicely, with sugar on top, he'd get a sweet deal. 

[Carana]

Faisal Islam
‏Verified account @faisalislam

This is the sort of EU27 backing that Ireland has been getting this week - Mark Rutte Dutch PM talking to UK reporters in Davos:

“Backstop wasn’t our idea” ... [ie UKs too] Given UKs red lines “it’s only thing on the table”... “what concessions do UK actually want?”

https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1089533497558122496

Dutch PM also says no one wants a return to the Troubles.

Who has a viable solution to that?

[Carana]

Channel 4 News
‏Verified account @Channel4News

"A second referendum is not the preferred option for the Labour Party."

Len McCluskey says that with the Remain campaign "having lost", "coming out of the European Union is not the end of the world, providing you conclude an agreement that protects jobs".

https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/1089573237816733697


I give up on the lot of them...

[Carana]

Peter Stefanovic
‏Verified account @PeterStefanovi2

Andrew Marr “So you don’t think people’s lives are threatened by no deal?”
Matt Hancock “so long as everyone does what they need to do.. these things are always difficult!”
Not very comforting words from the Health Secretary!
https://twitter.com/PeterStefanovi2/status/1089479426566434816


Which is?