Brexit, Engxit, Wexit or Scexit?

[DodgyAgent]

Yes, but you will have forgotten what you did with them.

[vetran]

Yes, but you will have forgotten what you did with them.

that will be the coke

[jamesbrown]

Do you honestly believe the UK with it's huge debts can seriously afford to lose 250 thousand workers each year ?

Eh? You have a very vivid imagination. It's quite a leap from what I said to, I presume, your extrapolation of tens of thousands when we're unlikely to have left before 2019 What will be required is evidence of a visa scheme that's going to work, i.e. is properly calibrated. Of course it's going to reduce GDP. Doh! We've been far too focused on absolute GDP and too little on productivity and relative GDP.

[BlasterBates]

Eh? You have a very vivid imagination. It's quite a leap from what I said to, I presume, your extrapolation of tens of thousands when we're unlikely to have left before 2019 What will be required is evidence of a visa scheme that's going to work, i.e. is properly calibrated. Of course it's going to reduce GDP. Doh! We've been far too focused on absolute GDP and too little on productivity and relative GDP.

The "whooshing sound" you may have heard earlier was Mrs May throwing hard Brexit out of the window:

The Prime Minister signalled that officials are exploring a potential ‘transitional deal’ which could see the UK retain elements of its current relations with the EU after Brexit, while a new trade agreement is hammered out.

Ms May first hinted at a transitional deal after addressing business groups today, who have raised concerns about the uncertainty brought about by a sudden change in the UK’s relationship with Europe.

Brexit: Theresa May risks Tory row after suggesting UK may still be tied to EU after 2019 | The Independent

You don't seriously believe they have a plan do you ?

...and why does she have such a scarce resource looking at it if it isn't serious.



that "transitional deal" she's talking about is a bit like a "temporary workaround" with which we're all so familiar

[jamesbrown]

The "whooshing sound" you may have heard earlier was Mrs May throwing hard Brexit out of the window

You should take your own advice and listen very carefully to the actual words used, rather than the spin. It's certainly tremendously amusing to see the press hit overdrive on any morsel of information provided. Did you actually listen to the Q&A session at the CBI? Preventing a cliff edge includes, but is not limited to, informing Parliament and UK businesses about progress, in good time, as the negotiation proceeds. May provided absolutely no concrete suggestion on a particular form of transitional "model", but it's patently obvious that some form of transition will be required, since we'll have ongoing commitments to joint activities that extend far beyond 2019 Again, you have a very vivid imagination. You hear "we want to avoid a cliff edge", and you instantly assume EEA and free movement. Listen more, project less.

[BlasterBates]

You should take your own advice and listen very carefully to the actual words used, rather than the spin. It's certainly tremendously amusing to see the press hit overdrive on any morsel of information provided. Did you actually listen to the Q&A session at the CBI? Preventing a cliff edge includes, but is not limited to, informing Parliament and UK businesses about progress, in good time, as the negotiation proceeds.
Listen more, project less.

What would a 'transitional' Brexit deal for the UK be? | The Independent

The Prime Minister signalled that officials are exploring a potential ‘transitional deal"

such a deal is widely presumed to involve Britain leaving the EU, as planned, in 2019 but immediately entering a close trading relationship with the rest of the bloc, such as Norway has as part of the European Economic Area [EEA].

[jamesbrown]

What would a 'transitional' Brexit deal for the UK be? | The Independent

Fiendishly difficult. Fiendishly. Oh well. Of course, if they'd like to provide us with complete control over EU migration during the transition period, the Tory grassroots and most of the voters keeping May in office might be willing to listen. Then again...

[jamesbrown]

Would you care to edit that post any more times? I think you've covered most variations of possible content and L&F, barring, perhaps, the Iliad.

[BlasterBates]

Fiendishly difficult. Fiendishly. Oh well. Of course, if they'd like to provide us with complete control over EU migration during the transition period, the Tory grassroots and most of the voters keeping May in office might be willing to listen. Then again...

and who are they going to vote for ?

UKIP

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/bu...-a7430456.html

This should be reasonably straightforward since the institution of the EEA already exists and the UK would not have to invent it from scratch.

This arrangement might last for a set period of time, perhaps a couple of years.

Such a transition plan was recommended by the think tank Open Europe in August.

Raoul Ruparel, the former head of Open Europe, is, perhaps significantly, now an adviser to the Brexit Secretary, David Davis.

[GB9]

and who are they going to vote for ?

UKIP

What would a 'transitional' Brexit deal for the UK be? | The Independent

I love tabloid journalism.

Despite the Government detailing hundreds of times that we don't intend to fit an existing model, they keep churning it out.