Flextension
Looks like Brexit has given us another new word. After Brexit itself, Brexiteer, Remoaner, Backstop and Brexiternity, we now have Flextension, Donald Tusk’s description of what the EU can now offer. Its a pretty tidy idea actually, and I suspect this is what will actually happen. An extension by 1 year, which can be cut short if the British Parliament can agree on a way forward that the EU can also accept.
Who would have thought that a Pole would have such a flexible mastery over the English language? And a lot of people voted Leave in order to keep the Poles out. Maybe they would need some of them at Oxford to work on the next edition of the Dictionary.
Separately , looking at recently released export figures, one wonders how all those fantasic post-Brexit trade deals are going to make up for any trade loss with the EU. Here are the numbers
UK exports in 2018 (in bn pounds)
EU 357
US 65
China 28
Japan 8
Korea 7
Everybody else - even less.
So much for those great trade deals with the rest of the world that will bring more gain than what is lost to the EU. Will not happen even if they accept hormone-treated beef and
chlorinated chicken😀.
Finally, Did you see the BBC video with Jay Lafferty commenting on the deals. Its really brilliant, and less than a minute long. Wish I could speak with that charming Scottish accent. It also exemplifies what a joke Brexit has become. Like Mark Rutte comparing May to a Monty Python character.
(Read below on Brexiternity)
Who would have thought that a Pole would have such a flexible mastery over the English language? And a lot of people voted Leave in order to keep the Poles out. Maybe they would need some of them at Oxford to work on the next edition of the Dictionary.
Separately , looking at recently released export figures, one wonders how all those fantasic post-Brexit trade deals are going to make up for any trade loss with the EU. Here are the numbers
UK exports in 2018 (in bn pounds)
EU 357
US 65
China 28
Japan 8
Korea 7
Everybody else - even less.
So much for those great trade deals with the rest of the world that will bring more gain than what is lost to the EU. Will not happen even if they accept hormone-treated beef and
chlorinated chicken😀.
Finally, Did you see the BBC video with Jay Lafferty commenting on the deals. Its really brilliant, and less than a minute long. Wish I could speak with that charming Scottish accent. It also exemplifies what a joke Brexit has become. Like Mark Rutte comparing May to a Monty Python character.
(Read below on Brexiternity)
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