At 23-00 today the UK leaves the EU- after all this anst, anger and division. All of which is likely to continue. As many have said this is the end of the beginning, there is much to decide and clarify from now and there is again a time pressure to have many major decisions made by the end of the year- the transition period. There is a major decision point in June I believe which is to decide if an extension of the transition period is wanted and to apply. Already BJ has said there will not be one. As before the UK is boxing itself into a corner regarding the timetable, which result in pressure and more so on the UK side I expect. It would seem that this lesson has not been learned from the last 3 years of negotiations.
The newspapers have big editions today. Brexiters should be happy. I expect they will not be in future when things do not turn out swimmingly. They will look for someone else to blame.
A taste of the headlines, very positive in the Torygraph and how they beat the ‘establishment’. Enough to make you laugh:
