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Is that all that you took issue with ?

Ducky, you are entitled to your opinions, no matter how wrong they might be. As for where we go from here, waaaaaay back on this thread I posted that as we had voted to leave we should simply do so, and I am perfectly aware and content with the fact that returning to the EU is almost certainly a non-starter. However, we were never going to get everything that was promised from the 'deal', and ultimately most of what seems to have been agreed is a fudge; Yes we no longer have freedom of movement from the EU, but we no longer have the ease of travel to the continent we have become used to, and our students can no longer take advantage of the Erasmus scheme. We can determine our own trade deals, but we now have a 'border' between Ulster and Britain. We have not yet regained control of our coastal waters such that the EU is no longer 'plundering' our waters. Our financial services sector is keeping it's collective fingers crossed over their future rights to access the EU financial sector. But we do now have blue passports.

Matthew - do you give / receive Easter Eggs ?

Not at all, just shows how determined Boris was over his 'red lines', and we end up with more cans being kicked along the Queen's highway. This deal isn't the 'great deal' Boris claims as he tries to pull the wool over the ERG's eyes, but neither is it a truly 'hard' Brexit. Everybody will spin it to claim advantage, but at the last minute both sides fudged it for fear of the cliff edge.

Adams missed a Shane Warne leg break.

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 ?