Tory Brexit DOOM™: No deal

[jamesbrown]

Where have you been?

Oh dear.

and they sometimes mean different things to different people

[jamesbrown]

It is abundantly clear that the deal with Japan or Canada would be a deal equivalent to a "Hard Brexit". A deal similar to Switzerland is a "Soft Brexit".

May specifically said it wouldn't be EEA and it wouldn't be CETA. That means it will be Switzerland. oh yeah it isn't Switzerland it's special, just flannel; if it walks like Switzerland and it talks like Switzerland it might have a different name but it's still Switzerland.

The reason why she explicitly avoids using the terms Soft Brexit and Hard Brexit is because she is aiming for a Soft Brexit and that causes the Brexiteers to gnash their teeth, by removing the "prefix" she can let them wallow in their fantasies a while longer. Slogans such as "Brexit means Brexit", or "There's no such thing as a Soft Brexit, there is just Brexit" keeps all those Brexiteers off her back.

Actually, she has explicitly said it won't be Switzerland either. Several times. Starting in her speech to the Tory conference last year.

It's either going to be somewhere in between Switzerland and CETA or a no-deal Brexit. Hard and soft have become pejorative terms. Hard = "Brexit" to leavers and "WWIII" to remainers. Soft = "remain" to leavers and "damage limitation" to remainers. Pointless terms.

BTW, you seem to be gnashing a lot.

Gnash, gnash.

[SueEllen]

Apparently we have called the talks off for tomorrow as we haven't got a negotiator. The EU aren't happy about our time wasting.

[northernladyuk]

Apparently we have called the talks off for tomorrow as we haven't got a negotiator. The EU aren't happy about our time wasting.

Screw them. The UK has the stronger hand.

[TestMangler]

Apparently we have called the talks off for tomorrow as we haven't got a negotiator. The EU aren't happy about our time wasting.

Why do we need a negotiator ? Can we not just get Shaunbhoy to wave a Union Jack and play the Dad's army theme on his flute ?

[darmstadt]

Actually, she has explicitly said it won't be Switzerland either. Several times. Starting in her speech to the Tory conference last year.

She's said a lot of things over the past few years and people still believe her

[Paddy]

Apparently we have called the talks off for tomorrow as we haven't got a negotiator. The EU aren't happy about our time wasting.

Hangover

[BlasterBates]

Theresa May refused to say in an interview that she would vote for Brexit in the event of a second referendum.

That's what I like, real commitment.

Theresa May waffles on her conviction for Brexit

[AtW]

Did she vote for herself?

[BrilloPad]

Theresa May refused to say in an interview that she would vote for Brexit in the event of a second referendum.

That's what I like, real commitment.

Theresa May waffles on her conviction for Brexit

Because she does not answer stupid questions.