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I'm still wading through the UK-EU agreement, but in the words of a famed US election watcher, I've seen enough. I'm calling who won...
Actually calling two winners.
The EU. And the Conservative Party.
Actually calling two winners.
The EU. And the Conservative Party.
The EU delivered their top line priorities - protection of the single market through the most stringent level playing field conditions ever seen in a trade deal, protection of the withdrawal agreement, and also of EU fishing fleets. Good result for them.
As for the Conservative Party, they delivered virtually no top line priorities (the ECJ is in there, fishing waters barely reclaimed, Northern Ireland under different rules, lots of LPF) but still declared victory, and seem more united than the Labour Party. Superb result.
And perhaps no surprise, the EU always survives against the predictions of imminent demise, and the Conservatives instinct for power is peerless.
Cynical? Just a touch. But trade agreements always were more about the politics than the economics. More later.
Cynical? Just a touch. But trade agreements always were more about the politics than the economics. More later.
PS yes definitely credit to @gsoh31 for being the first I think to spot the UK politics of the EU deal. https://twitter.com/gsoh31/status/1342073477256372224
