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'No-deal' Brexit would be worst outcome possible for UK, Lords warn
theguardian.com ^ | 7 December 2017 | Dan Roberts

Posted on 12/06/2017 11:35:08 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper

It is impossible to imagine a worse outcome for Britain than failing to agree a Brexit deal, the House of Lords will warn on Thursday, in a last-ditch warning to ministers under increasing pressure to walk away from stalled talks with the EU.

In a 60-page report that predicts legal and economic chaos without an exit agreement, the cross-party committee of peers cautions that a government strategy of brinkmanship with Brussels “risks becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy”.

“‘No deal’ would mean the abrupt cessation of over 40 years of economic, political and legal partnership,” they conclude. “It is difficult, if not impossible, to envisage a worse outcome for the United Kingdom.”

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TOPICS: United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: brexit
Bollocks. The only true Brexit is the so-called "No Deal Brexit". Anything else is waltzing all across British sovereignty.
1 posted on 12/06/2017 11:35:08 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-latest-news-worse-uk-eu-dutch-pm-rutte-varadkar-a8096001.html


2 posted on 12/06/2017 11:35:49 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama)
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Britain will still pay Brexit divorce bill even if we don't get a trade deal, Philip Hammond admits - Mirror Online

PM slaps down Hammond over divorce bill claim | Daily Mail Online

3 posted on 12/06/2017 11:41:07 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama)
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Jeremy Corbyn attacks Theresa May over Brexit talks 'shambles'
4 posted on 12/06/2017 11:44:56 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama)
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24 hours
5 posted on 12/06/2017 11:46:18 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama)
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“Theresa has the smell of death around her. “She’ll be gone by Christmas.
6 posted on 12/06/2017 11:53:27 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama)
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Ride the horse through the night. Win..


7 posted on 12/06/2017 11:54:11 PM PST by FreeperCell
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The old norms are what feeds the beast. Act bold.


8 posted on 12/07/2017 1:25:28 AM PST by blackdog
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