Has a Brexit deal already been done? You’d be forgiven for thinking so if, like me, you listened to talk radio over the weekend. Much of the discussion on Brexit now focuses on whether or not Labour will vote for or against, or even abstain on the ‘deal’. What deal? In reality there is, of course, yet to be a trade agreement between the UK and the European Union and it actually looks fairly unlikely at this stage. The clock is ticking, but still the assumption remains that either side will fold before the year is out. I’m not convinced.
At the end of last week, an offer was made by the European Union on fishing. EU countries would accept a cut of 15 per cent to 18 per cent in their share of the catch in British waters. It was hard fought by the Commission to get this agreed, by all reports; France, in particular, was supposedly loathe to give this much away.
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