RE: Something is missing on this board14 Dec 2020 10:34
I think a deal will be reached, it makes no sense for there not to be one. There is fear out there and a hell of a lot of posturing on both sides, but both sides do want a deal, as it makes no sense not to and both know the potential down side of no deal is massive, so I am confident a compromise will be reached and we can all rest easy again.
Bojo will sell out the fishermen and allow access, to be fair it makes sense to do so, given fishing only forms something like 0.1% of our overall economy. It would make absolutely no sense to destroy the other 99.9% to take a moral stand on this issue, my belief is this is solely being used as a bargaining chip at the moment, as access to UK waters is a much larger issue for the Europeans such as the French. The other main issue being the following of future EU rule implementation, again I don't see a major hurdle here and believe both sides will give ground, the EU will be flexible on what we have to adopt and the UK will accept adopting all that are currently in place, as well as some future on a case by case basis and those that are not accepted may mean some minor changes to the agreement or tariffs on some products/ what products are subject to free trade - sounds complex, but really not a big deal ;), but a big deal!