Boris is in a bad position to negotiate a deal, when he’s seemingly forced to accept any deal the EU gives him.
He would be in a better negotiating position after a Oct 31 “no deal” crash-out.
The discussion so far has all focused on the economic pain that would be felt by the UK, and no attention on the economic pain felt by the EU were it to suddenly lose tariff-free access to the UK market.
Sadly the remainers have literally made it illegal to “crash out”. The only way it could happen is if the EU vetoed an extension, which they won’t, because of that damage you mentioned. If the EU rejects this latest attempt at a deal, our only hope is with a general election and a new parliament with a Tory majority.
after a no-deal, he would be in a worse position to negotiate.
It would be similar to “we can negotiate ObamaCare after we pass it”
10% of the other 27 countries’ exports go to the UK, but nearly 56% of the UK’s go to the other 27.
Everybody hurts :)
Besides even after a no-deal the stickling point is still the Irish border — the Republic of ireland does NOT want to give in and the Irish are driving the eu move.