Brexit Secretary In Brussels Rush Visit.

[Togo]

I see that Dominic Raab took a hurried trip to Brussels today for "talks" with Barmier. Hope he gave him the two word answer that he deserves. Then told him that the EUSSR is done for - it has only ever been a financial gravy-train for the political scumbags aboard it. The money taps are due to be turned off, and then we take control of our own interests. Just hope that they agree to take all the EUSSR sheeple off our hands and make room for people who believe in the future prosperity of Britain to shine.

[douglas9401]

It's good to vent. :-)

[retrocop]

Give yourself a B.A. Togo. The Agincourt Archers salute looks increasingly looming and appropriate. :-)

[Jackdaw33]

I hope you are right. Raab, so far, strikes me as principled, and not May's stool pigeon. We may be talking about a future PM here.

[ToraToraTora]

Yes, Raab does seem tougher than Treason May on this so let's hope he gives Barmpot and co a good kicking.

[Togo]

Haha Retro. I did let a few flights loose in quick succession I suppose. They are in turmoil over there, after trying to orchestrate it here instead. I also note that Meerkat has been rinsed in Bavaria...….by the Greens no less. Lawd luv us, they are infested by them there as well :))

[anneasquith]

Rushing " over there" on a Sunday, sounds positive :-(

[Togo]

Yes TTT & Jackdaw. Time for us to turn the tables on the gallic and teutonic wannabees. As Kipling so succinctly opined.

It was not part of their blood,
It came to them very late,
With long arrears to make good,
When the Saxon began to hate.
They were not easily moved,
They were icy -- willing to wait.
Till every count should be proved,
Ere the Saxon began to hate.
Their voices were even and low.
Their eyes were level and straight.
There was neither sign nor show.
When the Saxon began to hate.
It was not preached to the crowd.
It was not taught by the state.
No man spoke it aloud.
When the Saxon began to hate.
It was not suddenly bred.
It will not swiftly abate.
Through the chilled years ahead,
When Time shall count from the date.
That the Saxon began to hate.

[Old_Geezer]

He may be creating a better public image than was expected, but he still got the job claiming May's Chequers plan was worth supporting. Chequers already offered to cross red lines. It remains to be seen what he finally supports. Anything that prevents trade agreements outside the EU, save on EU terms, won't be acceptable. That wouldn't be regained sovereignty.

[cassa333]

I’ve always seen Raab as a stool pigeon and Mays lackey.

He agreed with the Chequers plan and didn’t seem to do anything to promote a real Brexit. Not a future PM if that is what he’s go8ng to do.

However to be fair no one can change Mays Chequers plan so no Brexiter is going to do a good job. Which was her plan for putting a leaver in place.

[douglas9401]

'Rushing' my back bottom. Grabbing some of that chocolate before it becomes unaffordable more like.

[vetuste_ennemi]

And...

"We never pay anyone Danegeld,
No matter how trifling the cost.
For the name of that game is oppression and shame,
And the nation which plays is it is lost!"

PS: It requires only a modicum of moral principle and self-respect to understand Kipling's point. How disappointing that so many posters appear undernourished in these respects.

[Canary42]

//// it has only ever been a financial gravy-train for the political scumbags aboard it. ////

Yep, people like Nigel Farage.

[vetuste_ennemi]

My post was a nod to 19:50's post.

[Theland]

Farage has always fought to put himself out of work in the national interest.

[vetuste_ennemi]

" people like Nigel Farage" became EMPs in order get Britain out of the the EU's self-perpetuating autocracy. Farage wants to jump the gravy train.

There's a clear moral distinction between the Farages and the Junckers. Disappointing that so many poster...

Perhaps I should have swapped "disappointing" for "contemptible".

[vetuste_ennemi]

Good evening, Theland.

And good night.

[Theland]

Time for the British Lion to roar!
Goodnight Vetuste. Hope you well after recent sadness.

[Bigbad]

I agree with Old_Geezer and Cassa.

I think Mr. Raab may have thrown away his principles when he was offered a more prominent job.

I think it became clear pretty soon after the vote that we were going to get sold down the river, and the more it drags on, the more likely it seems.

Treason May has capitulated on so many things, and I think we will end up with even more caving in, with the EU ‘pretending’ it has been reasonable and acceded to some things, whilst she chants her mantra of “a good deal for the UK.”

A bit like those wife swap and nanny/naughty step programmes: It’s all a nightmare up until the last lot of adverts, and then suddenly everything is harmony and serenity!

[Togo]

//Talks between Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab and EU negotiator Michel Barnier have broken down, and ministers and civil servants have been told to have preparations for a ‘No Deal’ Brexit ready within weeks.
Raab, who replaced David Davis after he resigned from his post saying Theresa May’s proposals for a deal with the EU would not really deliver Brexit, flew out to Brussels on Sunday for surprise talks amid speculation that an agreement was imminent — but they broke down after little more than an hour, according to The Times.
It has been reported that the talks have reached an impasse over the EU demanding a ‘backstop to the backstop’, — referring to the already highly contentious proposal that the entire United Kingdom stay inside the European Union’s Customs Union, possibly indefinitely, if no other solution can be found to maintain a customs-free border between the British province of Northern Ireland and EU member-state the Republic of Ireland.

Eurocrats are said to be insisting on another ‘backstop’ on top of this one; namely that contingencies be put in place for Northern Ireland to be kept in the EU’s Customs Union and Single Market by itself if there are any issues keeping the whole United Kingdom in.//

No deal it is then. The German MEP Hans-Olaf Henkel, a former IBM executive has no illusions regarding the effect mind.

//“Let’s face it, Britain is already the largest single customer of the European Union, ahead of the United States and ahead of China. That doesn’t seem to be known in Brussels.
“So my position is we should offer the very best deal possible [to the United Kingdom], because the better the deal for Britain the better the deal for, for instance, German industry,” he added.//

Bit late Herr Henkel. You have had almost 2 years to admit that, and our patience is worn out.

[Togo]

I rather liked this insight.

//Henkel voiced his concern that “very slowly, and only very late, the Europeans realise that by trying to punish Britain, they punish themselves… that is the sort of masochistic approach of the Brussels bureaucracy.”
In stark contrast to many Remainer politicians in Britain, who downplay their country’s international standing and capacity for independent self-government, the German politician was keenly aware that “Britain is big, Britain is as big as if 19 smaller and medium-sized countries would leave the European Union at the same time.”//