Brexit thread

[CardiffIrish2]

Certain irony by right wing Brexiter supporters when it comes to big business.
When they want to curb union power, restrict workers pay rises, working conditions and such forth they’re seen as champions of industry and experts.

Yet when big businesses question the Brexit proposals and counter with the problems of a no deal Brexit they’re roundly shouted down with cries of ‘fake news’

Strange days indeed as John Lennon sang.

[Wales-Bales]

Certain irony by right wing Brexiter supporters when it comes to big business.
When they want to curb union power, restrict workers pay rises, working conditions and such forth they’re seen as champions of industry and experts.

Yet when big businesses question the Brexit proposals and counter with the problems of a no deal Brexit they’re roundly shouted down with cries of ‘fake news’

Strange days indeed as John Lennon sang.

It's the carrot and the stick though isn't it. Reading that BBC report above they immediately brought the stick into view. Expect a month of project fear until the fix is in, which will be a slightly improved deal that won't be a clean break. I am predicting that there will be a backdoor mechanism in place, that allows us to rejoin the EU at some point in the future. So the choice is now between a hard Brexit or May's new deal.

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[I]The EU is "united" over the negotiated Brexit deal, the bloc's chief negotiator Michel Barnier says, after the UK PM said she wants to reopen it.

Theresa May is expected to continue talks with the EU after MPs backed a plan to renegotiate her Brexit deal.

MPs voted 317 to 301 in favour of changing the backstop plan - the bit of the deal designed to avoid the return of Northern Ireland border checks.

But Mr Barnier said the EU stood by the existing withdrawal agreement.

"The EU institutions remain united and we stand by the agreement we have negotiated with the UK," he said.

Meanwhile, employers' group the CBI said businesses were likely to accelerate their plans for a no-deal Brexit.

Carolyn Fairbairn, head of the CBI, said: "I don't think there will be a single business this morning who is stopping or halting their no-deal planning as a result of what happened yesterday.

"The amendment feels like a real throw of the dice."