No leader with a brain cell would kowtow to the wishes of a smaller third party, especially an obstinate one leaving the block but demanding for all of the perks without what it perceives as drawbacks but are in fact the necessary requirements to under pin a economic block of 27 independent countries

 

 

Honestly Chris. Read a f***ing book for Christ sake.

Yes I know that as they can all trade with each other, without us.

 

Merkel should remember too that it was the public via a referendum who voted to leave the EU and not the Government. They're just putting in to practice people's wishes.

That had nothing to do with the governments position on a deal :lol:

Yes I know that as they can all trade with each other, without us.

 

Merkel should remember too that it was the public via a referendum who voted to leave the EU and not the Government. They're just putting in to practice people's wishes.

 

What a shame the people won’t get a say on whether we leave without a deal or not. What are you actually hoping to get out of this?

Yes she want to get a reaction out of Boris alright. Hope it's not that he walks away though. He should try and stay calm despite the abuse hurled at him.

nasty vile person

 

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF CHRIS AS A PERSON?

What a shame the people won’t get a say on whether we leave without a deal or not. What are you actually hoping to get out of this?

 

 

As a leaver I hope we get a decent deal with the EU. It can be achieved if everyone stays calm but Merkel's one line didn't help and am actually gobsmacked that none of you agree it was inflammatory.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF CHRIS AS A PERSON?

 

To be honest his attitude is inflammatory and I’m angry. These just aren’t the right things to say. He’s too big for his boots.

To be honest his attitude is inflammatory and I’m angry. These just aren’t the right things to say. He’s too big for his boots.

 

 

LOL. I detect a bit of sarcasm there. Okay Merkel was right in what she says then and everyone on all the newspaper sites berating her and saying she's inflaming things, thousands of people, are wrong.

Yes they are. They’re playing to gullible dipshits in England who gobble up everything they say without question.

 

 

Her comments haven’t even registered in germany, because the entire continent agrees with her

The Tories mentioned we had an oven ready deal about 100,000 times and were therefore elected on this basis so not sure what the issue is :) :)

LOL. I detect a bit of sarcasm there. Okay Merkel was right in what she says then and everyone on all the newspaper sites berating her and saying she's inflaming things, thousands of people, are wrong.

 

They very well could be, don’t you consider that? Or do you just go round looking for people who agree with you all the time?

Merkel should remember too that it was the public via a referendum who voted to leave the EU and not the Government. They're just putting in to practice people's wishes.

 

Maybe stop looking at it from one side all the time and learn to appreciate how the EU are looking at the negotiations, which at the moment is probably in despair.

 

Chris: We have left the EU - you have got what you wanted - the referendum and its mandate have now been enacted so could you please drop the constant oblique referencing to it as though it hasn't been? It's just as painful and irritating as people saying it was 'advisory' and 'the majority want to remain now'.

 

We are no longer in the EU. Fact.

 

We could either re-join, or stay out ... those are the options. "The People's" wishes on what now will be a trading relationship with the EU are not, as far as I'm aware, known. So the debate is now about the nature of that relationship, and the arguments about the different possibilities are all perfectly valid but what is increasingly clear to me is that the Brexiteers, who have taken over Government, the most incompetent Cabinet of the past century (or as Lord Sumption would say 'You have to go back to the early 1930s to find a British Cabinet as devoid of talent as this one') never really had a plan beyond leaving and yet continuing to blame everything that is wrong on the EU, including apparently their stance in a negotiation where they HAVE to protect their own interests.

 

Frankly a bizarre and closeminded viewpoint Chris which sadly does not surprise me. You can't continue to bellow 'but 17.4 million people' constantly at everything you hear that you don't like. Grow up.

So apparently I’ve read on my Facebook that it’s now passed 11pm and therefore the transisition period can no longer be extended beyond 31st December? Is this correct as I’ve seen nothing anywhere else and thought this would have been bigger news? :unsure:

So apparently I’ve read on my Facebook that it’s now passed 11pm and therefore the transisition period can no longer be extended beyond 31st December? Is this correct as I’ve seen nothing anywhere else and thought this would have been bigger news? :unsure:

 

Yes, you're right - the transition period is due to end on 31 December 2020 unless agreed by both the EU and the UK by 30th June whereby it could be extended by up to 2 years. I think the hope from the UK government is that forcing the EU into a tight deadline might shift their negotiating position, but I would point out that doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity.

 

Also you might have thought a global pandemic would be good enough reason to want to extend negotiations and avoid a 'No Deal' but apparently not.

Maybe stop looking at it from one side all the time and learn to appreciate how the EU are looking at the negotiations, which at the moment is probably in despair.

 

 

 

 

Both sides need to work flat out now to get a good trade deal and that includes Boris. He needs to understand that there may be compromises just as the EU must. I heard yesterday that we could end up doing no trade whatsoever with the EU from Jan. 1st. It's as serious as that.

Feeling very glad I booked my flight home after Xmas for Dec 28. Had a feeling this would be the outcome. Currently trying to persuade my family to come back to Germany with me so they can avoid the utter chaos that will erupt at the start of 2021.

 

This is 100% to sneak a no deal under the radar of corona. They think they’re being so sly and sneaky but they’re as transparent as clingfilm

LOL. I detect a bit of sarcasm there. Okay Merkel was right in what she says then and everyone on all the newspaper sites berating her and saying she's inflaming things, thousands of people, are wrong.

EVERYONE on ALL the newspaper sites!!1! that's THOUSANDS of BILLIONS of people!!!1

 

From a purely mathematical point of view, extrapolating 1 opinion you might've read on The S*n to 1000s of other people is not even close to being a valid point in any way whatsoever. Brush up on your maths skills and give us FACTS. Why won't you stop hiding behind other people? Cowardly buffoon.

Still, on the bright side, our immigration system is now based on personal excellence which will certainly work to get the right kind of people, the good ones as the ones coming in, and Brits applying for jobs outside of the UK are definitely still getting interviews and why would that matter anyway, the Union is the greatest and most stable country now we're free of the EU's mess, who'd want to leave?

 

(or, well, in my case, now I'm definitely not coming back for the forseeable)

(or, well, in my case, now I'm definitely not coming back for the forseeable)

Nor me.

 

I'm also gonna be coming back to France after Christmas before 31st December because I won't have a carte de séjour by then and getting 'tourist' stamped in my passport by the French border from January 1st will be a death knell for my life here.

Both sides need to work flat out now to get a good trade deal and that includes Boris. He needs to understand that there may be compromises just as the EU must. I heard yesterday that we could end up doing no trade whatsoever with the EU from Jan. 1st. It's as serious as that.

 

So it will take hard work? Boris just won’t bother then. And don’t pretend having no trade with the EU is a worry for you, you won’t concerned at all when you voted for this.