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turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 12:41 PM Dec 2018

British government to activate full 'no-deal' Brexit preparations

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWSDECEMBER 18, 2018 / 6:33 AM / UPDATED 14 MINUTES AGO

Kylie MacLellan, Sarah Young

ONDON (Reuters) - The British government said on Tuesday it would implement plans for a no-deal Brexit in full and begin telling businesses and citizens to prepare for the risk of leaving the European Union without an agreement.

Those plans include setting aside space on ferries to ensure a regular flow of medical supplies and keeping 3,500 armed forces personnel ready to support the government with its contingency plans.

With just over 100 days until Britain is due to leave the EU, Prime Minister Theresa May is yet to win the support of a deeply divided parliament for the deal she struck last month with Brussels to maintain close ties with the bloc.

She has said a delayed vote on her deal will take place in mid-January, prompting some lawmakers to accuse her of trying to force parliament into backing her by running down the clock as the March 29 exit day approaches.

No deal means there would be no transition so the exit would be abrupt, the nightmare scenario for international businesses and the dream of hard Brexiteers who want a decisive split.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu/british-government-to-activate-full-no-deal-brexit-preparations-idUSKBN1OH140



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CONSEQUENCES
The British Chambers of Commerce forecast on Tuesday that economic growth this year and in 2019 looks set to be the weakest since Britain emerged from recession in 2009, due to a freeze in business investment and weak consumer demand ahead of Brexit.
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British government to activate full 'no-deal' Brexit preparations (Original Post) turbinetree Dec 2018 OP
this seems really bad to me... BadGimp Dec 2018 #1
I can't tell who's more fucked... ChiTownDenny Dec 2018 #13
We both are. Dave Starsky Dec 2018 #17
Merry Christmas from the Tories! rurallib Dec 2018 #2
why when there is a choice barbtries Dec 2018 #3
Its what conservatives do. apnu Dec 2018 #11
thank you for your insightful response. barbtries Dec 2018 #15
I think they can't see the "falls for us, falls for them" apnu Dec 2018 #19
Brace Yourselves; Stock Market will be affected. djacq Dec 2018 #4
First thing I checked! ChiTownDenny Dec 2018 #12
They really screwed themselves bigly jpak Dec 2018 #5
anyone have any idea what if any global effect this will have? nt Javaman Dec 2018 #6
Well financially people will panic but in reality the effect will be essentially non existent cstanleytech Dec 2018 #9
No deal preparations? Scoopster Dec 2018 #7
It's a woefully bad deal to leave the EU sdfernando Dec 2018 #8
The original vote was influencd by the Russians. They need a do-over (as do we!). Nitram Dec 2018 #10
They should just make Turbineguy Dec 2018 #14
I'm not sure whose Russian agents were more successful, theirs or ours. Iggo Dec 2018 #16
UK: Gun's already loaded, just need to fire. EU: You could unload the gun. UK: GUN'S ALREADY LOADED! DRoseDARs Dec 2018 #18
These idiots would crash their economy out of shear stupidity. paleotn Dec 2018 #20
My Brit friends... Adrahil Dec 2018 #21

apnu

(8,722 posts)
11. Its what conservatives do.
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 01:39 PM
Dec 2018

They're selfish short sited people.

Doesn't matter if they're called "Tories" in the UK or "Republicans" here in the US. The mindset of the conservative will always make the wrong choice for their community.

Because they aren't community minded people. They see themselves separate form the community and believe the community is there to serve their interests. And that the interests of the community are secondary to the individual.

But back to Brexit, why are so many Tories hellbent to see this happen, deal or no-deal? Because they are positioned to personally profit from it, or think they'll profit from it. Everybody else should be spit on, for not positioning themselves to profit from it also -- that's how they think.

We liberals, by contrast, think the opposite. We recognize that the community's health benefits us, so we are always concerned with the community before the individual. We take the long view and bring as many people with us as we can because we see the value of the herd.

barbtries

(28,702 posts)
15. thank you for your insightful response.
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 02:35 PM
Dec 2018

i quite agree (talking brit), and am ever so glad I'm a liberal!

i'm also reading Jane Austen for the first time at the moment.

still doesn't explain their apparent inability to recognize that when it falls it will fall for them too. sigh

apnu

(8,722 posts)
19. I think they can't see the "falls for us, falls for them"
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 06:34 PM
Dec 2018

Because their self-interest and shortsightedness makes it impossible. This is why when things come tumbling down, they're more shocked about it than the rest of us. I've observed this in every boom and bust moment.

Both the US and UK are heading towards separate economic busts. Conservatives in both places seem to be totally ignorant this is happening, despite literally everybody else seeing it happening and screaming about it daily.

cstanleytech

(26,080 posts)
9. Well financially people will panic but in reality the effect will be essentially non existent
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 01:36 PM
Dec 2018

for the majority of the world as this is not the 16th - 18th century where the British Empire controlled a large part of the trade.
Of course if you live in the UK you are going to be in for a very rough ride.

Scoopster

(423 posts)
7. No deal preparations?
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 01:32 PM
Dec 2018

You mean like concertina wire along the entire border between Ireland & Northern Ireland?

Sigh.. people never bother to think about the consequences of their actions.

sdfernando

(4,896 posts)
8. It's a woefully bad deal to leave the EU
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 01:35 PM
Dec 2018

Things are not going to go well in Britain. Could be the beginning of the dissolution of Great Britain. Scotland didn't want this and I don't think Ireland did either.

Gonna be a bumpy road across the pond for the next 3, 5, 10 years?

Iggo

(47,486 posts)
16. I'm not sure whose Russian agents were more successful, theirs or ours.
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 04:30 PM
Dec 2018

Still too soon to tell, I guess.

 

DRoseDARs

(6,810 posts)
18. UK: Gun's already loaded, just need to fire. EU: You could unload the gun. UK: GUN'S ALREADY LOADED!
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 05:52 PM
Dec 2018

Credit where credit due, congrats to Russia for their successful psy-ops against the UK.

paleotn

(17,778 posts)
20. These idiots would crash their economy out of shear stupidity.
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 10:00 PM
Dec 2018

What in the fucking hell is wrong with these damn people?

We could have a contest with the old mother country. Who has the dumbest right wing nuts. I beginning to think we'd lose.

 

Adrahil

(13,340 posts)
21. My Brit friends...
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 10:43 PM
Dec 2018

... are convinced they will get a new referendum. I'm not sure they are not kidding themselves.

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