Looks Like No Deal........

[ToraToraTora]

https://news.sky.com/story/brexit-boris-johnson-says-its-time-to-get-ready-to-prepare-for-no-deal-with-eu-12105527

[douglas9401]

Odd. You're usually very good with solving clues, Danny. :-)

[theshedman]

I notice gulliver has avoided answering the questions asked as usual. retrocop haven't heard the words the gut and Malta mentioned in the same sentence for many a year. Spent a good few hours down there in the early 70s. Remembered asking where the toilet was when I was in a bar and barmaid said there where the sink was. Just a curtain to pull around you and I am not joking. What you would call primitive.

[retrocop]

Theshedman

All studios and private galleries. The Floriana boys( Vice) did a big clear up job down there. Alas absolutely no character there any more.
I saw an old RN sailor come back from there with his wife on holiday.
He was ex HMS Bulwark and had a tear in his eye as it was no longer how he remembered it .

[dannyk13]

Retro, I am pretty sure I can remember the Bulwark there at the same time I was doing my tour there 1956/59.

[retrocop]

Crikey Danny. That ex matelot was older than I thought. He must of been pressed on HMS Victory. :-)

[Peter Pedant]

// For the brexiteers of AB is * no deal * a good deal in your opinion ?//
for anyone ....

I can now see that any renegotiation of terms and staying with in the EU was always doomed - and "renegotiation" was always a dead letter.

and as for the fella above who says the froggies have no rights = er no I know this is AB - BUT the parties go back to what the position was before we went in, in 1973
( status quo ante - - I just stuck that in to enrage the English-only tribe) - sowe go back to whatever was the case in 1973

[Peter Pedant]

good old salt stories

when I was burbling about the wonders of Egypt - and what it was like 50 y ago,
a little girlie said " My dad ...." ( was at Aboukir Bay 1798 I hear you say and then guffaw....)
My dad, she said, "was posted to Alexandria in 1955"
and I did a Matt Lucas and D avid Walliams " ooo love-laaaay"

and it was so awful he said he would never go to Egypt again.....

oh

[archibaldy]

No deal is better than a bad deal and both sides think this, but if the country with the worlds 6th biggest economy in terms of GDP and it's historic largest trading partner that's right next door cannot manage to put together a good deal then it's a pathetic state of affairs regardless of who's 'fault' it is.

[TrevorThePug]

Well at least Brexiters got the oven-ready-no-deal that they knew-what-they-were-voting-for.

Boris Bogs at Farages Garage, the opportunity to take back parking and toilet controls are endless..... Yay! I wonder whether having a wee wee at the trou de merde of England will cost a Brexit 50p.

[theshedman]

Yes much has changed there and other places not as I remember them anymore. I was on HMS Ark Royal at the time, the fixed wing aircraft carrier. Ah the good old days. Think Bulwark changed from a fixed wing aircraft carrier to a helicopter carrier very late 60s.

[Old_Geezer]

Good for Boris. Many felt he wouldn't do so.

I wonder what the chances of an EU rethink is now that it's clear that they've forced the situation to this stage.

[Jackdaw33]

Boris has taken a hammering over his handling of Covid. He needs to play the tough guy over Brexit to restore his street cred.

[Old_Geezer]

There are poor deals, average deals, good deals, and excellent deals. When one asks is a particular deal is a "good deal" one needs to define what is meant by it. In absolute terms or relative terms ? Taking what into consideration ?

No-deal is the best of the offered options. One appreciates it's not best overall, but nothing near that was on the table. So relatively speaking, as the best deal on offer, no-deal is inevitably a good deal.

[Zacs-Master]

In the current circs, a deal isn't very important. Coronavirus /Covid will re-write the trading deal rule book (or dispose of it entirely for a while). All companies will be willing to trade with anyone they can make a buck out of.

[youngmafbog]

Seems to be the best option. Personally I dont care about the fish but I do care about having to abide by a foreign powers laws in our own country and have the Court in the foreign power.
//but if the country with the worlds 6th biggest economy in terms of GDP and it's historic largest trading partner that's right next door cannot manage to put together a good deal then it's a pathetic state of affairs regardless of who's 'fault' it is.//

No, not really. The EU cannot let us leave with anything that looks like a great deal or others may be tempted to go especially once our cash has gone. And from our side see above. so it is not pathetic, both sides see things in a different way hencen reality there can be no agreement.

In reality, despite the remoaners scaremongering much of what is needed for no deal is in place and has been for a long time. Yes, of course there will be bumps and no doubt the remainer press will shout it from the roof tops whilst ignoring the bits that are working. Business is business and firms will not let Governments get in the way. All that is happening really is that you pay the tax on an item you buy rather than the UK pay for your tax on your item which is the current state.

[gulliver1]

The big laugh here is. If King Boris comes out with no deal . When the Squeeze starts on the UK later next year ,and Boris is kicked out by his own Party, it won't really Bother him , he is only in politics to try and gain fame .
He will not be harmed financially, or have to go without. Its his supporters who listened to his lies and voted Brexit , then voted Boris into No 10 that will pay the price. Not a clever move was it .

[Zacs-Master]

Have a day off, Gull.

[TrevorThePug]

Boris Johnson had no choice but to gonfor no deal, since his competence and negotiation skills are demonstrably crap.

The EU has been prepping for a no deal since the referendum.

[gulliver1]

I bet Cameron anf Farage are Laughing their bells of at the moment.