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"THE chief scientific adviser under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown has said he cannot recall a Cobra meeting which was not attended by the prime minister of the time." https://www.thenational.scot/news/18390278.michael-goves-cobra-meetings-claims-rubbished-ex-scientific-adviser/

It isn't just the negotions for an FTA. Businesses will have expected the run up to December 31st to be when they worked out and implemented their processes for the final transition away from integration with the EU. I wouldn't think there's much of that going on at present.

Everton didn't turn up.

Option 1; leave on 31st Dec on WTO terms Option 2; leave on 31st Dec with an FTA Option 3; extend the TP due to the current pandemic in order to ensure an FTA can be agreed, thus avoiding WTO

I accept it is an aspiration, Wes doesn't seem to ; " It is that now we are out of the EU, we are able to pick and choose who we allow to come and work here, and for how long."

Hasn't the Government said it wants to "switch the economy away from a reliance on cheap labour from Europe" ?

Pray, do enlighten me as to what my 'side' is thinking. Perhaps opinion on the status, progress, and options is not a binary choice.

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Whilst I accept that in all likelihood there will not be an extension, which might lead to a worst case scenario of WTO, it is too early to definitively rule it out. On top of that, your post is packed with speculation, wishful thinking, and longing for unicorns.

Plenty of time yet.

Brass

Let alone the way the books of the Bible were selected, edited, and assenbled.

Producing 'guidelines' but no timetable. And after Germany, Austria, Italy, Denmark, Spain, and Poland had already announced a partial easing of their restrictions.

Speak for yourself.

It's the plaice to be.

Go out and try it. See how Avon and Somerset Constabulary are interpreting the memo.

Liverpool haven't yet won the Premier League.

We have previously been told by Michael Gove that an hour's walk is the permitted level of exercise. Now it seems that the Police have been advised by internal memo that travelling to somewhere with the intention of exercising should be such that more time is spent exercising than driving, ( https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-52312560 ). So, even if you go for a 2 hour walk, ( who ever really paid attention to Gove ? ), you shouldn't really be driving for more than an hour.

How far is acceptable ? From Southampton to Ringwood ? Brockenhurst ? Lyndhurst ? Bournemouth ? Assumng it is OK for one family, is it OK for ten, a hundred, five hundred ? Who decides which ones are permitted ? At what point do Social Distancing and 'stay at home' become futile propositions ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51768274 Cumbria; 1278 confirmed cases in a population of 500,000 Islington; 331 / 239,000 Kensington; 367 / 156,000 Tower Hamlets; 509 / 318,000 Camden; 443 / 262,000

The rate of infection in Cumbria is no lower than central London.

No, it was a family squabble between Queen Victoria's grandchildren.

"The rain rain rain came down down down In rushing, rising riv'lets, 'Til the river crept out of it's bed And crept right into Piglet's! Poor Piglet, he was frightened, With quite a rightful fright. And so, in desperation A message he did write. He placed it in a bottle And it floated out of sight. And the rain rain rain came down down down So Piglet started bailing. He was unaware, atop his chair, While bailing he was sailing! And the rain rain rain came down down down And the flood rose up up upper. Pooh, too, was caught and so he thought, "I must rescue my supper!" Ten honey pots he rescued, Enough to see him through, But as he sopped up his supper, The river sopped up Pooh! And the water twirled and tossed him In a honey pot canoe! The rain rain rain came down down down..."

What about manufacturers of other dairy products ?