• The counterpoint is none of these rules matter / are effected - you just carry on exactly as you do now and it'll all work.

    My call is they can say what they want with no consequences. If it all goes through and works OK, after the event they'll say, "if we hadn't said we'd take no deal we wouldn't have got that one". If it's shit they'll say, "you told them we wouldn't take no deal so you gave away your bargaining position".

  • The counterpoint is none of these rules matter / are effected - you just carry on exactly as you do now and it'll all work.

    I know this isn't your main point, but it won't work without sound agreement that the rules are what they are. Carrying on as before until agreement is reached (or compliance to the new rules is achieved) is not sufficient.

    No one is going to fly their plane into Heathrow, for example, without cast iron knowledge that they're doing it legally. They'd be uninsured, they'd face huge liability in the face of incident.

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