The word for today is extortion, EU negotiator Michel Barnier warns the UK that we must 'face the consequences' of Brexit, and he rules out striking a unique deal in the trade talks, guess what, if it turns out to be ‘hard’ Brexit and Barnier doesn’t get a deal, I doubt his political future will be glorious

Dear All

When it comes to Brexit, my position is to favour hard Brexit because it is becoming crystal clear that there is no such thing as goodwill coming from the EU. According to

EU negotiator Michel Barnier, Britain must 'face the consequences' of Brexit.

I think the word that sums up the attitude from Brussels is extortion!

Extortion is defined as the practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats, the EU wants their cake and eat it so it seems, and we aren’t getting a unique deal in the trade talks, we can have what they give us.

So, why waste the time, prolong the agony, save the plane fares and say thanks but no thanks, Michel Barnier said the EU would accept Britain's desire to quit the single market, they would ‘accept’, hilarious, they aren’t getting a choice, as to be pressured into accepting one of a small number of existing models, if that doesn’t meet our needs then we should just refuse.

No is a powerful word, and it is time the UK Government made full use of it in these talks, we aren’t some backwater economy, we are the fifth largest in the world, people and countries want our goods, services and people. 

EU negotiator Michel Barnier can make as many repeated warnings there would be no 'cherry picking' but the truth is the EU needs a deal with the UK more than we need a deal with them.

Money in this case really talks. 

One thing which Barnier hasn’t fully grasped is the concept that unless the UK is happy, there will be no deal and no deal means no £39 bn or whatever the divorce bill runs to. EU negotiator Michel Barnier seems to me to be lazy, which is why he wants Britain to choose between one of two broad models that already exist, based on how Norway and Canada work with the EU.

Norway accepts almost all EU single market rules and in return gets free access to EU markets; on the other hand, Canada has less access but much more freedom over how it regulates business. David Davis says he favours a 'Canada plus plus plus' deal so Barnier is under pressure to deliver, if there is no deal, then the cushion of £39bn isn’t there for the EU. Britain makes up 20% of the EU, and the EU is now forced to reform or others have to make up the short fall, with Angela Merkel facing problems domestically at home, can she want to face an angry German public with a huge extra bill?

I personally doubt it; her career is rather shaky at present as election results show all too graphically. All the way through these talks the public have only gotten snippets of what is going on, it seems everything is hush hush, but at some stage, everything will have to be shown to the public.

The public voted for Brexit, we expect as an aside not to be ripped off, we can see how trade done properly can be mutually benefit both the EU and the UK, but we aren’t going to be held to ransom by unreasonable demands, the EU has shown its hand, it is holding a bluff pretending they have a royal flush, well the bluff is going to be called, at that point there are going to be several very and deeply unhappy Europeans in the room.

Finally in times like these with Europe in a mess socially and politically, we are doing the right thing by leaving the EU, Europe is heading for a dark place, the signs are clearly there, their direction of travel is wrong and conflict will eventually come whether that is a new cold war with Russia and/or the domestic variety which is why there the creation of an EU army.

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/11/24/elected-euro-mp-tries-attend-secretive-eu-army-meeting/

These people are playing a stupid and dangerous game.

Yours sincerely

George Laird

The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University