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EU says ready for no-deal Brexit, 'British would be the biggest losers'

 

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FILE PHOTO: A flag of the European Union is pictured outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain July 25, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Monday that the EU was ready for a no-deal Brexit and that Britain would suffer most under such a scenario.

 

Speaking at a regular daily briefing, Commission spokeswoman Natasha Bertaud said a no-deal UK exit would never be the EU’s preferred scenario, adding that the Brussels-based executive saw no need for additional contingency preparations at this stage.

 

“This will obviously cause significant disruption both for citizens and for businesses and this will have a serious negative economic impact,” Bertaud said of any abrupt split.

 

“That would be proportionally much greater in the United Kingdom than it would be in the EU 27 states.”

 

She cited Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker as having said that if it came to a no-deal Brexit “it is the British who will unfortunately be the biggest losers”.

 

In London on Monday, the opposition Labour Party demanded that the U.K. parliament be recalled from its summer break to discuss steps to mitigate Brexit disruptions after leaked government documents forecast possible food, fuel and medicine shortages should Britain crash out from the bloc.

 

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1 hour ago, Somtamnication said:

Typical bully; threaten and threaten, then one stands up to them and they run with their tail between their legs. God Save The Queen!

Just realized what your picture is - thats pretty clever ;+)

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32 minutes ago, Rookiescot said:

The Tory Brexit plan.

 

1. Call an EU referendum with no contingency plan just in case your gamble backfires.

2. Have your leader resign and leave someone else to clear up their shambolic no plan mess.

3. Refuse to work with other parties to draw up a plan that could actually pass parliament.

4. Trigger article 50 without a plan.

5. Enter Brexit negotiations without a plan.

6. Have your leader resign and leave someone else to clear up their shambolic mess.

7. Make having no plan your new plan.

555 Yeah there's some truth in that.

 

But if the end justifies the means... ????

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We can moan all we want about the past but it's the next couple of months that are now the only thing that counts. 

 

It now who blinks first but it seems "our side" (GBNI) seem bent on pissing in Boris' face whilst he is trying not to blink.

 

And I say that as a remainer who is just getting more and more miffed off with GBNI's lack of unity in getting the best out of a crappy situation. 

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14 minutes ago, DannyCarlton said:

There's no doubt that the subliminal messages that inundated Facebook, Twitter et. al. put out in their many millions by AIQ, Cambridge Analitica and the St. Petersberg troll farm, swang the referendum in favour of the Brexit vote. Just as the same actors did in the US election, in favour of Trump.

 

I'm not saying that you personally wouldn't have voted leave anyway but one of the phenomena of this type of "brainwashing" is that the victim is completely unaware of it. Undoubtedly had a major influence in the Brexit referendum and the US elections.

 

Interestingly, the chief achitect of this kind of vote manipulation, during the Brexit campaign, was Dominic Cummings who brought AIQ on board for the official leave campaign, was recently appointed as Boris's presonal guru.

There's a fair bit of truth in this although it is also true that a sizeable %age of the 'ficker than us' club don't use FB or Twitter etc or at least didn't at the time.

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