Yesterday we were told of yet more delay in taking back control of our fish. The government should tell the EU we will resume control in March 2019, as we need to put in a new policy to save what is left of our home industry and get it growing again.
There are two things the government has promised that I agree with
Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed.
No Deal is better than a bad deal.
It is difficult to know what the government will get in return for the very generous draft offers it has made over money, fish, law taking and freedom of movement for the so called Implementation period.
There is no need for an Implementation period unless there is something really good to implement which takes time.
My advice to the government is to make sure everything works on March 29 2019 when we want to leave. What could be sorted out or agreed after March 2019 that cannot be sorted out in the next year?
Let’s cut back the period of uncertainty.
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