EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

^ & ^^ via catching up on Ian Dunt twitter feed.

So Coronavirus leads to inevitable extension of transition period?

Coronavirus was engineered by the EU to keep us in longer and deny us our Will Of The People!!11!

It has to doesn't it?

By at least 5 years if anyone has any fucking sense. Which history tells us they haven't.

i just feel like whatever the outcomes, they will be used as fuel.

more uk deaths than in italy = proof we need to completely restrict freedom of movement to avoid this type of thing again
fewer uk deaths than italy = proof the british people are inherently stronger/have better systems than the eu and we should therefore sever all ties

Britain stands proud in covid isolation?

Meanwhile the Russian interference report can be quietly buried with covid going on.

I guess until June it is all speculation as that's when they need to change the law to ask for an extension...

Russia Report.
Priti Patel.
Whatever the fuck Dominic is up to right now.

I heard a very distasteful view on COVID19 and Brexit going forward.

Although clearly a joke did make me think for a second.

The Daily Torygraph is suggesting now there may be an extension, speculation atm, but interesting nonetheless.

The usual old Brexit voters dying off "joke"?

Barnier's condition and Brexit talks

Adam Fleming

Brussels reporter

Michel Barnier, the head of the EU task force handling the post-Brexit relationship with the UK, has tested positive for coronavirus and says he is doing well.

Face-to-face negotiations between the UK and the EU have already effectively stopped because of the health advice on either side of the Channel. Some of Mr Barnier’s close-knit team are also now in isolation.

But there’s still plenty of work to be done. Both sides have shared with each other hundreds of pages of draft legal text which need to be analysed and mined for areas of agreement or potential compromise.

Plus, the deadlock will probably only be broken with some big political decisions and we’ve learnt they can happen very quickly if the conditions are right.

As for Mr Barnier… he’s a devotee of exercise, mountain air and healthy eating (he recently told me off for eating quiche rather than salad) and he’s feeling fine.

Woops...! :)

I imagine Nigel Farage is currently down the pub with his mates chortling about this.

Being in the pub is un-British in times like these surely?

He's a heavy smoker and not that young, if you ask me he should stay at home... would be tragic if he had to be treated by an EU NHS staff :)

I doubt Our Nige would agree with you. I'd imagine he'd consider it his patriotic duty.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/eu-nationals-settlement-scheme-home-office-settled-status-brexit-a9412586.html?fbclid=IwAR2BIqBIkDVnqZu_MYq-WuMEMSNHUzH0DXMnmizBProzNfE-3f_B6zv_aT0

So while we are all looking the other way...

Now, to add some nuance: 300 out of over at least 1 million probably 2 (the government 2.8 million does NOT count resubmissions...) is not too bad, however... remember the promise people could stay as long as they didn't have a criminal record?*

And most free help centres are now closed due to covid19

*there have been 10 or so refusals based on that, so far for the daily hail hordes of criminals horror stories...

#wegotitdone

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The Honda Jazz - one of the models moved out of Swindon thanks to Brexit

I believe that might be an example of irony.

In good news my wife had to renew her passport this arrived, its blue I tell you!

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That’s pretty dreamy, it was all worth it

Still the wrong shade of blue.

Made by a French company...

Sacre bleu?