Britain planning for no Brexit deal, but unlikely - minister

 

First Secretary of State, Damian Green, addresses the Conservative Party Conference, in Manchester, Britain October 1, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Britain is getting ready for leaving the European Union without a deal by making contingency plans, but a so-called "no deal" is very unlikely, First Secretary of State Damian Green said on Wednesday.

 

Green, who is effectively Theresa May's deputy, said that after the prime minister made her speech in Italy last month he was more confident of moving the negotiations on to their second phase, to tackle a future trade deal.

 

"First of all, of course we want there to be a deal and I am optimistic ... there is clearly a possibility that there will be no deal and Whitehall is making contingency plans for that ... I think that's unlikely, very unlikely," he told ITV television at the Conservative Party's annual conference in Manchester.

 

(Reporting by Elizabeth Piper; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-10-04

And the Irish are getting dealt with too! 

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-apple-taxavoidance-court/eu-takes-ireland-to-court-for-not-claiming-apple-tax-windfall-idUSKCN1C913I?il=0 

46 minutes ago, nauseus said:

And the Irish are getting dealt with too! 

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-apple-taxavoidance-court/eu-takes-ireland-to-court-for-not-claiming-apple-tax-windfall-idUSKCN1C913I?il=0 

 

So are Luxembourg. Now that will rattle M. Juncke!

Seems like the European Union is all about a bureaucracy and collecting tax revenue from one country to be spent elsewhere. EU Commission like Government's everywhere at it's finest collecting taxes taken from one entity/person to be used for something/someone elsewhere.

Pity they did not make some contingency plans before the referendum.

On 10/4/2017 at 2:23 PM, webfact said:

First of all, of course we want there to be a deal and I am optimistic

Not with May's latest speech:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/04/theresa-may-british-dream-cap-on-energy-bills-housing-tory-conference-speech

What's an omen?

22 hours ago, Trouble said:

Seems like the European Union is all about a bureaucracy and collecting tax revenue from one country to be spent elsewhere. EU Commission like Government's everywhere at it's finest collecting taxes taken from one entity/person to be used for something/someone elsewhere.

 

That's what governments are supposed to do.  What's the problem, exactly?

It took over 40 years to intergrate the UK into Europe, it will take more than 2 years to get the UK out of Europe.  Once you understand this, you understand that Europe is simply playing for time and that they are taking the UK for fools.

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