Fundamentally, the EU will not allow a full free trade deal, it actually harms their own future.

To allow a member "state" to leave with a FTA and allow them to potentially negotiate some preferential deals with other countries, from the EU's perspective, would be madness and as negotiations stall, we will be drip fed the "nasty EU" lines and then drop out with "no deal" at the end of 2020. It could be sooner if/when The Tories realise that the game is up.



I think it was Barnier, who said that the UK will become a "competitor of The EU when they leave and there isn't an organisation in the world that would give a competitor a "leg up" when their own business is at risk.



Johnson may like to pretend that he has an oven ready deal but the main ingredients are still very much missing.

Thanks for the recipe and instructions.

I might just try microwaving seeing as I'm inhaling copious amounts of herbal remedy during my solo lockdown....... Not a lot else to do.



Off to put my pinny on and I'll let you know how it turns out.

I thought you were in a canteen with 300 others?

Keep up with the programme mate.

I was, earlier in the week.

Ah right, am I now meant to have sympathy because you are sat at home in your underpants smoking weed?

I think it might destroy me if you decide to withdraw your sympathy.