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.
BadGimp
(4,009 posts)... March 29 exit day approaches
ChiTownDenny
(747 posts)us with Trump or Great Britain with Brexit.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)And we both have Russian shenanigans to thank for it.
rurallib
(62,343 posts)barbtries
(28,702 posts)do they always go with the wrong one?
apnu
(8,722 posts)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)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)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.
djacq
(1,633 posts)ChiTownDenny
(747 posts)So far, the market isn't reacting.
jpak
(41,741 posts)What fools
Javaman
(62,439 posts)cstanleytech
(26,080 posts)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)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)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?
Nitram
(22,663 posts)Turbineguy
(37,206 posts)Putin Prime minister and cut out the middle woman.
Iggo
(47,486 posts)Still too soon to tell, I guess.
DRoseDARs
(6,810 posts)Credit where credit due, congrats to Russia for their successful psy-ops against the UK.
paleotn
(17,778 posts)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)... are convinced they will get a new referendum. I'm not sure they are not kidding themselves.