tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20614275.post5223933078517563392..comments2024-03-08T09:26:07.970+01:00Comments on ¡Esto es jauja!: Confused.com?Bigastroandbeyondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01149977986056620867noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20614275.post-49467175827743558132020-07-15T16:07:30.788+02:002020-07-15T16:07:30.788+02:00Hi Keith
An excellent comment on both Brexit and ...<br />Hi Keith<br /><br />An excellent comment on both Brexit and Co-vid19. Personally, I cannot comes to terms at all with Brexit and curse the government everyday for its stupidity. The response to the virus has failed the nation and Johnson etc cannot find the humility to apologise for the errors made. Instead the UK is fast becoming an autocracy with an unelected adviser having more clout than the cabinet. Johnson refuses to be scrutinised and will not appear on media outlets that ask him incisive questions which expose the bluster and lies. <br />I paste a reply from my MP to a letter I wrote (one of almost 100 now) complaining about the government's deliberate failure to extend the transition period. It illustrates the lies they tell the public and this MP happens to be the Attorney General who studied at the Sorbonne under the Erasmus scheme. She writes:<br /><br /><br />"The UK will leave the EU at the end of the transition period with either a Canada-style free trade agreement or the 2019 deal. The 2019 deal will give a trading relationship similar to the one Australia enjoys with the EU.<br /> <br />No deal is now an irrelevant concept. The UK left the EU on 31 January with a deal. The question now is whether we can agree with the EU a deeper trading relationship on the lines of the free trade agreement the EU has with Canada, or whether we have a trading relationship that is based on the 2019 deal, without a free trade agreement and along the lines of Australia’s relationship with the EU.<br /> <br />Negotiations are currently ongoing and both sides are seeking a free trade agreement with no tariffs, quotas, fees or charges across all goods sectors as well as further provisions on services and security cooperation. The Withdrawal Agreement legally commits the UK and the EU to seek to reach and implement a future relationship agreement in good faith by the end of the transition period.<br /> <br />I am hopeful that this can be achieved. The UK is not asking for a special, bespoke, or unique deal. We are looking for a deal like those the EU has previously struck with other friendly countries like Canada.<br /> <br />Thank you again for contacting me.<br /> <br />Yours,<br /> <br />The Rt Hon. Suella Braverman QC MP<br />Member of Parliament for Fareham"<br /><br />Both you and I are informed enough to tell that the whole of her answer is false. If they could tell me exactly how we will be better off outside the EU, Brexit might make sense, but it is a fantasy. It will take the UK a long time to recover coming on top of the damage done by the virus. <br /><br />Thank you also for the link to the virus statistics in Valencia which is very informative. As ever, I enjoy your excellent blogging which is always interesting.<br /><br />Regards<br />William D Taylor<br />vvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16407884938971732711noreply@blogger.com