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So on fishing - there will be a gradual decrease up to 25% of EU catch in UK waters over the next five and a half years. After that there will be discussions to work out what happens next. We really stood up to them there.

How does that work ?

It seems that in financial services the UK clearing houses have been granted temporary equivalence whilst the EU determines how to proceed. The granting of equivalence is entirely in the EU's gift, and can be granted or removed at their whim. I'm not sure what we have on our side of any discussion to balance this.

So do it on Dec 31st.

As long as you are happy with the rise in taxes that will almost certainly go with it to cover the gap between the EU budgetry contribution and the proposed spending level.

One for sorrow 😞

Suspected car bomb explosion in Nashville this morning, ( US time).

Anything 'cherry picked' from a religion is by definition religious.

Don't patronise me you oik. 😉

The difference between "Let's fund...", ( "Let us fund..." ), and "We could fund..." ? Your 'intrigue' is completely faux - you just love whatabouttery.

Happy festival of Dies Natalis Solis Invicti. Then again, if you are a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church you ought to wait until January 7th.

What that means is that by 2024 the NHS will be getting that amount. It is incremental rather than kicking in immediately "after Brexit", and does not cover the full NHS budget. In order to generate the headline figure there will need to be additional revenue generation as it is far more than our EU budget contribution. https://fullfact.org/health/nhs-england-394-million-more/

So, he is still a frog faced berk.

Which in itself is a 2 edged sword.

What's funny ? The FT says, “The agreement provides for continued and sustainable air, road, rail and maritime connectivity, though market access falls below what the single market offers,"

More of a fudge I suspect. Good in the fact that the whole farago is hopefully finally over, bad in that either;(1) if a remain supporter it draws a final Blue Line under the process, (2) If a leave supporter it won't deliverall that was promised or inferred.

Frog faced berk.

BBC talking of Boris' statement; "But his manifest error in declaring there are "no non-tariff barriers" for trade with the EU had business leaders falling off their chairs. This is patently not the case. The government has entire websites informing the public and businesses of tens of millions of new customs declarations, export health checks, regulatory checks, rules of origin checks, conformity assessments."

Less safe, poorer, what else does this great 'deal' have in store for us ?

In which case, why make the changes outlined ? Perhaps their reason is that they don't trust the UK with some of those systems ? To be honest, you would be better off asking them, they asked for it to be put in and we agreed.

Reported on the BBC: On Policing and security, "But the brutal truth is that the agreement downgrades what British police can achieve - and how quickly. There’s an extradition agreement which avoids the nightmare scenario of suspects being held for months if not years as the courts wrangle over sending them for trial abroad. And while the UK retains what is seemingly a considerable presence within Europol, the cross-border co-operative organised crime-fighting agency, it's no longer a "member" and will be unable to dictate its priorities. The UK is still part of an ambitious plan linking DNA and fingerprint systems. But, as expected, the UK will have to unplug its connection to an enormous real-time database that shares alerts on wanted or missing people. And while they'll have access to the EU's database on air travellers, it will be limited - meaning British police, like their US counterparts, won't be allowed to use all the tools. And it's those nuances that are why the EU says the UK will no longer benefit from "privileged co-operation amongst police and judicial authorities"."

To term anything as Chinese, Spanish, etc may be deemed to lend an air of identification, ownership, and perhaps blame with a nationality or particular people, race, or skin tone. In contrast, the Ebola virus, White Nile fever, etc, give a geographical context to an outbreak, without implication of an 'ism. Anyway, to get back on topic, UK Chief Negotiator Lord Frost has said "We made our fair share of compromises". I wonder what they were.

Hardly anybody yet knows what is in the 'deal', yet already there are so many experts on it's content. Let's wait and see where both sides' 'red lines' have been blurred, and where concessions were made.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/24/business/brexit-deal-economy/index.html "Brexit is finally done. It will leave the UK poorer"