Saturday, December 26, 2020
20 things that happened this week #brexit
• trade deal requires 'substantial EU shift' (UK)
• any deal must be 'balanced and reciprocal' (EU)
• final decision expected before Christmas
• Dover/Eurotunnel closed to accompanied freight
• some couriers suspend NI deliveries
• PM rules out extension of transition period
• UK would prosper mightily under WTO terms (PM)
• No. 10 denies breakthrough on fishing rights
• 'final push' for trade deal
• negotiations are "all down to fish"
• PM and EU president in direct contact
• reports that a deal is being finalised
• late night haggling over quotas and red lines
• 3pm Xmas Eve - A DEAL IS AGREED
• "we have built a new partnership" (EU)
• "everything promised has been delivered" (PM)
• "the clock is no longer ticking"
• EU sombre, UK government triumphant
• deal has 1246 pages (mostly appendices)
• little chance for scrutiny before Commons vote
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