Any input on the transition period announced today?
Was just interested in your opinion, really Bob
Yeah right! Still following "Arrsers that are of interest"
But seeing as you ask:
The Transition period wasn't exactly breaking news this week. We knew it was part of the process. Despite what Remainders would have people believe, not everyone who voted to leave the EU thought that there would be an additional 350 million pounds per week for the NHS from the day that Article 50 was signed. Which is why its ridiculous to hear Remainders ask where that money is right now. We're still paying the EU contribution and will be until ... Oh yes the end of the Transition period. It does concern me that the U.K. will be paying in without a vote but that would happen anyway and we still get the rebate until the end of 2020. The EU could spend the two years stitching up the U.K. but that won't auger well for future trade. I suspect that the EU commissions would be happy to cut of their nose to spite their face but not sure that will fly for 27 member states over the next few years.
I'm disappointed about the CFP situation as it's something I'm passionate about. The point of Brexit for me is not exclusively about the economy and I hope that we can take back control of our sovereign waters. Yes our fishing industry is only a small part of GDP but it's massively important to the EU and properly managed and licenced can still benefit the U.K. and the EU.
I didn't believe that anyone could have known exactly what leaving would mean or how the process would work. For Remainders the best source of information was provided by the government of the day at a cost of 9 million quid . .. the vote is binding and we will leave the SM and CU. Finally, it would seem unrealistic to unpick forty years of EU membership within two years, never mind four. The future is uncertain, Brexit or not but, as you ask my opinion, I believe that this is our last, best chance of extricating ourselves from a failing, corrupt, wasteful bureaucracy (and I mean this definition: a system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by state officials rather than by elected representatives).
So, this may come as surprise to you. I'm going to ask you for your opinion. Can you name five things that you think are bad about the EU? The answer is not four Frenchmen and a garland of garlic.