EU to dictate terms of a no deal

[Eirikur]

Read my lips "there will be no no-deal".

May's deal will win out or they will kick the can down the road by extending Article 50 until they decide what to do to break the political deadlock. There is no time to do anything else, including planning for 'no deal'.

Even Corbyn, who is only interested in Labour getting into power, knows he cannot win a confidence vote in the government (not the irrelevant one against May he threatened yesterday that won't even be given time of day by Parliament) while the DUP are on side as even the tory rebels will side with May over Labour.

So all rests with the DUP. Do they stick to their guns and vote against May's deal or bend to it (maybe by way of another billion or two of taxpayer's money ) to prevent Labour getting into power... we'll find out in January.

I think the DUP would be mad to vote against, as a no deal means a very hard border with Ireland. Call their bluff

[Old Greg]

I am not stopping your speech in anyway, shape or form - just please refrain from using language purely to try and raise a reaction - it's just irritating and detracts from what might actually be a good post sometimes.

Boo hoo. Suck it up, snowflake.

[Mordac]

EU rules out any negotiations for a "managed" no deal

In the case of the no deal the EU will simply dictate emergency measures which the UK will have to reciprocate.

EU dictating? Surely that will never happen.

[NotAllThere]

Well I suppose it is more racial stereotyping is because you are taking the colour of someones skin - in this case gammon coloured ...

Only when suffused with impotent rage.

[Whorty]

Well I suppose it is more racial stereotyping is because you are taking the colour of someones skin - in this case gammon coloured - and saying that all people with skin that colour have the same characteristics.

So for example if I say - I saw a black guy rob stuff therefore all black guys rob stuff that is racial stereotyping

So it works the same way for gammons.

Completely different. Black people have skin colour due to heritage and this can't be changed, whereas gammon's skin colour is naturally 'white' (as in all 'white' people will be considered to have the same skin colour) but have their gammon complexion due to lifestyle and anger issues.

Stereotyping a gammon is akin to stereotyping someone with tattoos, or a shaved head, as these are physical attributes that are not specific to all people of that colour, but are a lifestyle choice.

As someone with tattoos and a shaved head I am also stereotyped by some, but I don't see this as a form of racism ... because I'm not a snowflake like gammons are

If you don't like being referred to as a gammon, lose some weight, get a healthier complexion, and stop being so angry, you little delicate snowflake

[AtW]

Or we could just tell them to fook off and dictate our own terms

This concept of not being in the EU and therefore not having to answer to the EU is not sitting well with you is it?

[AtW]

The UK is a member, in it own right, of the WTO and has been since 1995. Additionally it is also a member by virtue of being in the EU. But as a member of the WTO its membership will not cease when the UK leaves the EU.

If WTO membership was so good, why big countries seek Free Trade deals?

[AtW]

If I could basically just summarise the EU's stance.

"Eat sh*t or die"

Not mutually exclusive!

[AtW]

I think the DUP would be mad to vote against, as a no deal means a very hard border with Ireland. Call their bluff

I get the impression that hard border with Ireland is what DUP wants

[Old Greg]

I get the impression that hard border with Ireland is what DUP wants

The political wing does. The business wing doesn't. Overall DUP voters are pro Brexit and the working class part of the core vote probably wants the hardest of Brexits and borders.