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I see some well known people - including the 
Foreign Secretary and the BBC's Political Editor - are struggling a bit with their #Brexit terminology today
So here's a terminology guide that is as simple as possible.
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Foreign Secretary and the BBC's Political Editor - are struggling a bit with their #Brexit terminology todaySo here's a terminology guide that is as simple as possible.
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DEAL means there is a piece of paper (or, to be precise, more like 600 pages) that both and 
agree and sign, and is OKed by the institutions on both sides, by 31st December.
Were this agreed it would be the basis for- relations medium term.
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and agree and sign, and is OKed by the institutions on both sides, by 31st December. Were this agreed it would be the basis for
- relations medium term.2/10
NO DEAL means there is no piece of paper agreed and signed by and by 31st December.
Unlike a DEAL, we do not know how long this NO DEAL (or perhaps better NO DEAL PERIOD) would last. Weeks? Months?
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and by 31st December.Unlike a DEAL, we do not know how long this NO DEAL (or perhaps better NO DEAL PERIOD) would last. Weeks? Months?
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NO DEAL is not a permanent or even semi permanent state. It would most likely be followed by a deal of some sort, but how that deal (POST NO DEAL DEAL) would look some months from now may differ from *the* DEAL that could be agreed now.
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A CANADA DEAL or a CANADA STYLE DEAL is just about acceptable shorthand for the DEAL that is currently on the table - i.e. it is roughly similar to the deal has with 
.
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An AUSTRALIA DEAL or an AUSTRALIA STYLE DEAL is a fallacy
has no overarching agreement with 
, neither does . The term is used by some to make a NO DEAL sound palatable, but given it contains the word 'deal' but as there is no paper to sign it is not a deal.
*avoid*
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has no overarching agreement with , neither does . The term is used by some to make a NO DEAL sound palatable, but given it contains the word 'deal' but as there is no paper to sign it is not a deal.*avoid*
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SIDE DEAL or PARTIAL DEAL means one or more smaller, narrower agreements than the DEAL & that could be struck between & , presumably to apply after 1st Jan (although theoretically before). Both and would have to agree to these, and has refused them until now.
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& , presumably to apply after 1st Jan (although theoretically before). Both and would have to agree to these, and has refused them until now.7/10
CONTINGENCY MEASURES are limited, unilateral, time limited legislative proposals by to overcome short term disruption in a NO DEAL scenario. Some parts would only work if agreed to them - on a take-it-or-leave-it basis.
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to overcome short term disruption in a NO DEAL scenario. Some parts would only work if agreed to them - on a take-it-or-leave-it basis.8/10
There is nothing to stop proposing its own CONTINGENCY MEASURES but this has not yet happened.
CONTINGENCY MEASURES ( ones, or theoretical ones) are not to be confused with SIDE DEAL or PARTIAL DEAL.
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proposing its own CONTINGENCY MEASURES but this has not yet happened.CONTINGENCY MEASURES (
ones, or theoretical ones) are not to be confused with SIDE DEAL or PARTIAL DEAL.9/10
In short: these terms are not always as straightforward as we might like, but getting them right is important to understand what is going on.
And I'd not want anyone to *not* understand of course.
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And I'd not want anyone to *not* understand of course.
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