Cavey has been quiet lately. Must be a coincidence.

Wowowow that Telegraph piece isn't messing around.

Is it? That makes sense, but I thought his piece today was the 50 Shades one. But maybe he wrote two things!

That would be nice but it can't happen.

The animosity is only going to increase.

Both sides say no final figure will be agreed on Britain’s exit settlement next week. Significantly the UK plans to avoid a lump-sum settlement and instead will develop a system for regularly calculating payments in years to come, when specific liabilities come due.

Under this model, pensions of EU officials, for instance, could be paid on the basis of annual costs, meaning there will be no final figure for the so-called “Brexit bill” until the final eligible EU pensioner is dead, many decades from today.

The mechanism for determining payments, once applied in future years, may take account of the fall in sterling and decline in the relative size of Britain’s economy, thereby reducing the UK’s share from 13 per cent.

Amazing that the pound has a strong showing this morning after Talk was of actually paying £50bn.

Presumably because the markets fear a cliff edge, so every bit of news that nudges us closer to a deal is good news.

omg

https://advisa.se/en/research/brexit-bus/

The bus ended up a little worse for wear.

Slow work day?

DUP MP Sammy Wilson has warned that his party's deal to support the Conservative government could be jeopardised by the Brexit negotiations.
He said any attempt to "placate Dublin and the EU" could mean a withdrawal of DUP support at Westminster.

Mr Wilson said his party will be "making clear to the government we have a confidence and supply arrangement with them".
The East Antrim MP added that "if there is any hint that in order to placate Dublin and the EU, they're prepared to have Northern Ireland treated differently than the rest of the UK, then they can't rely on our vote".
He added: "They have to recognise that if this is about treating Northern Ireland differently, or leaving us half in the EU, dragging along behind regulations which change in Dublin, it's not on."

Call it a draw?

NEVER. Everyone knows that in the event of a draw the person who got the score first is the ultimate winnah.

Tell that to every sport in history.

It's not, it's a satirical take on the clusterfuck that is Brexit in a Trials fashion, there are no winners.

I'm a long way from being an expert here, but I really don't see how any deal on the Irish border can simultaneously be acceptable to the Republic, the press / Hard Brexitish MPs, and the DUP. Someone is going get pissed off, which will either mean talks stalling, or there being a pretty good chance of the government collapsing.

I'm a long way from being an expert here, but I really don't see how any deal on the Irish border can simultaneously be acceptable to the Republic, the press / Hard Brexitish MPs, and the DUP. Someone is going get pissed off, which will either mean talks stalling, or there being a pretty good chance of the government collapsing.

It's simply amazing how ill thought out and half arsed this whole thing is, and I'm amazed on a daily basis that presins whom I thought vaguely competent can continue down this car crash of a path. It, surely, must end soon.