Brexit Secretary David Davis has resigned - source close to Davis

[Basil B]

Fact is Davis as a key Brexiter was put in the job as Brexit Minister to sort out the mess he (and others) have caused, in two years he has only made the problem worse...

 

One thing for sure the FTSE rose sharply first thing on Monday on the news of his departure.

[nauseus]

28 minutes ago, Basil B said:

Fact is Davis as a key Brexiter was put in the job as Brexit Minister to sort out the mess he (and others) have caused, in two years he has only made the problem worse...

 

One thing for sure the FTSE rose sharply first thing on Monday on the news of his departure.

Not a factual comment. If you mean the mess as being the result of a democratic referendum, then you can blame Cameron, not Davis. What has he made worse? He wasn't allowed to do anything. The pound and markets will rise if there is any sniff of a soft or non Brexit - all the big banks and corporations love the EU - but any bounce will be short-term.

[citybiker]

One thing that's often forgotten is the EU doesn't get a penny upon 'no deal'.

I also recall a current affairs debate highlighting that Brussels way of negotiating usual goes right to the end, to the last minute.

Canada was fine evidence of this fact & due to the UK/EU deficit v surplus situation quite a number of European SME are getting increasingly nervous, to the point of contingency resilient planning.(which you'd expect anyway)

WTO is a no go due to NI hard border factor criteria, Brussels is adamant of its 4 pillars and and the UK (PMTM ) has conceded that the EU wont get unrestricted city of London access.

Lastly, even with the white paper release (98pages) not 100+ still no Brussels response, partially due to Barnet et al knowing that PMTM has no wiggle room left.

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[SheungWan]

1 minute ago, nontabury said:

Well no surprise there. As we know that the E.U. Is for the benefit of the large companies and their hangers on.

Once the uber hard Brexiteers are unmoored from a semblance of supporting the Government, they're off with the faeries and full-on Conspiracy La-la Land.

[Chomper Higgot]

6 hours ago, nontabury said:

Well no surprise there. As we know that the E.U. Is for the benefit of the large companies and their hangers on.

 

Odd then that the EU has consistently created laws and regulations against excessive Corporate power and has used these powers against

 

Anti trust laws, prosecuting Microsoft.

Prosecuting Google.

Forcing telecoms to get rid of excessive roaming charges

Worker rights laws

Environmental protection laws 

 

And the up coming Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base That will prevent businesses splitting transactions across boarded to reduce taxes.

 

All moves by the EU against big business in favour of individuals, society and the environment that the Tories are eager to get rid of in their ‘post-Brexit’ deregulation.

Edited July 13, 2018 by Chomper Higgot

[bristolboy]

6 hours ago, nontabury said:

Well no surprise there. As we know that the E.U. Is for the benefit of the large companies and their hangers on.

 

 

Anti-Semitic blather. I hadn't seen that before from the Brexiteers. You've sunk to a new low.

[Scott]

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[candide]

7 hours ago, nontabury said:

Well no surprise there. As we know that the E.U. Is for the benefit of the large companies and their hangers on

And of course, after a hard brexit, a country with multiple free trade agreements worldwide would be freed from global capitalism! ?