I have no idea what's going on but I read online and offline newspapers that are for and against brexit and I watch every BBC political programme every day. I am interested in politics rightly or wrongly, probably wrongly I should have better things to do it's all bollox. However my gut feel is we are at the end game for brexit now. As expected the negotiations have not been for the benefit of the people (politicans rarely do that) but a game a theatre. But now that theatre is running out of time so I expect both sides now to sit down and agree the deal they were always going to agree. It goes without saying it will be at the 12th hour. Then we will see the smiles and the backslapping from both sides. My expectations are more theatre from parliment but they will pass it particularly as it's now been confirmed they have no power to extend article 50 or force the government to carry on negotiating so if they vote it down they are voting for no deal however there are Tory brexiteers who want that so it could be tight. Once we have been through that then I expect things will go on pretty much as usual we still await the sky falling in the remoaners predicted after the vote. One point to note the OBR (office of budget responsibility) are predicting an increase in UK growth next year deal or no deal. You won't see that in the guardian newspaper or sky news remain promoters but that's what they are saying. The OBR tradiionally take the pessimistic view so growth might be higher still. In another world politcians would have respected the result of the referendum and all worked together to achieve the best result for the people and done it quickly. But we don't live in that world
Not sure where you got your OBR info Stan, but this paints an entirely different picture.
After Brexit even with an agreement everything will have changed utterly. If the Tory brexiteers scupper a deal, triggering a No Deal Brexit then the "fun" will really begin.
Still no progress on the border issue either, even at this late stage. That of course will all change once we reach squeaky bum time. But I would imagine more British concessions are on the way once the budget is passed.
Interesting times.
