Mexican stand off for EU talks on Monday - Brexit Update 2 - Transitional Talks

Sky News: Reports " Brexit: Boris Johnson to hold crunch talks with EU chiefs next week amid stalling trade negotiations...The PM will speak with Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen as Number 10 repeats it won't extend the transition period.  "

Lets Get Real:

The Hard Remainers in the press have been hard at it, they have suggested an extension to the transitional period, anything to keep the UK in the clutches of the EU.   The hard remainers can not see that the UK out of the EU can bloom, new trade deals with other Countries and an expansion of the economy, making the UK a centre for business and internatioanl trade.   One can expect that the HARD REMAINERS wil use the press and courts to block the end of the transitional period.   The remainers have shown they are sneaky from 2016 to 2019, PM May had a nightmare time as PM because of the hard remainers and the leavers using the Courts and House of Commons to block a deal.  The 2019 General Election gave the Conservatives  a 80 Seat majority, thus no reason for not having a NO DEAL BREXIT. 

PM Johnson to speak to the EU on Monday - Brexit Update 1 - Transitional Period

BBC News: Reports " Boris Johnson will hold post-Brexit trade talks with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen via video link on Monday next week.  "

Lets Get Real:

THIS is the time for the EU to change its agenda or for the UK to say that they will be no extension and that the UK will cut ties with the EU on December 31st of this year.  The French and Germans have not allowed the EU team that is dealing with a  Brexit deal much area to move to the UK line.   OUR fish are our fish, and the ECJ will not have the final say on any legal problems in the future.  The PM has to be firm and to be seen as being firm, any weakness will be jumped on by the EU and the ERG in Conservative ranks.  This is Boris's Churchill moment!

UK cannot " Cherry Pick " aspects of a EU Deal - Barnier - Brexit Update 1 - Transitional Talks

Sky News: Reports " EU's Michel Barnier tells Britain he will not allow 'cherry picking' in trade deal talks..."Britain is demanding a lot more from the EU than Canada, Japan or other partners," Michel Barnier says. "

Lets Get Real:

It will be up to the leaders of Germany and France to decide if they want to grant concessions, they know that a NO DEAL Brexit could damage them, to add to the results of COVID 19.  As the Germans fund the EU on the whole, the final decision will be up to them, if they make demands that the UK can not swallow the UK should walk away.   This MONTH according to the withdrawal agreement is the last month that the UK can ask for an extension, the PM has made it CLEAR that he will not call for an extension, and would refuse a request from the EU to add an extension.   Thus the Germans and the French better get their act together and DEAL or else face a NO DEAL BREXIT. 

Black Lives Matter vs. History - Race Update 1 - 2020 Election

BBC News: Reports " Trump rejects calls to drop Confederate base names "

Lets Get Real:

This blog has no time for statues to slave owners or to the naming of military bases after confederate Generals ( although General Robert .E. Lee was an outstanding General for the Confederate side, while the North had US Grant, a greater General in the long term ) What this blog does have a problem is trying to remove history, e.g the removal of statues by mobs, in the USSR under Stalin it was the practice to removes the images of those that had fallen foul of Stalin, they airbrushed pictures, wrong then, wrong now with the statues.   The left has to remember that in election terms they could sink the Democrats if they force the Party to the LEFT, the dissolution of Police Forces, the removal of history, could lead to moderate voters to think that the Dems have gone crazy and that Biden is an unfit President.   MOBS come and go, if its raining you do not see them, mob rule has to be countered by the Police, if mobs tear down statues then that mob should be arrested.  The UK and the US are Democracies, you make change through the ballot box otherwise you have mob rule and society falling apart. 

NO UK/EU Extension for Transitional Talks - Brexit Update 2 - Transitional Talks

Guardian: Reports " Britain will not seek to extend Brexit transition period, says minister..Penny Mordaunt tells MPs she hopes to have post-Brexit deal agreed by autumn  "

Lets Get Real:

The HARD REMAINERS within the House of Commons, that means mostly the Opposition Parties and a few Conservatives, will use this time and any sneaky thing they can come up with to force the Government  to ask for an extension, their fellow HARD REMAINERS in the BBC/Guardian/Times will have articles that stress that NO DEAL is the end of the World, they are more concerned about EU than Covid - 19.   The economic hit from COVID - 19  will be felt for years if not decades.   The UK has to be firm, NO EXTENSION and the EU has to go our way on a trade deal or we walk away, that is what the UK voted for in 2016 and 2019. 

NO PUBS for a MONTH - Covid - 19 Update 1 - Health

Sky News: Reports " Pubs won't open for another month as retail is warned on lockdown easing..The business secretary says the current two-metre social distancing rule - a barrier to many businesses - will remain for now.  "

Lets Get Real:

This will be a LET DOWN to the general public, it seems that the pubs have been closed more than they have been opened this year.  In essence the pub industry will be hoping that people will be so thirsty because of COVID 19 that they will rush to the pubs, even with the two meter rule.  It can be postulated that a lot of small pubs will never open again as they are to small and the rule of two meters does not allow for enough people to come in to make it economic sense to open.  The Government needs to get the economy moving, or the RECESSION will become a DEPRESSION, millions could be out of work, it has been suggested that we will back to the early 1980s when three millions people were out of work. Tough decisions will have to be made by the Government, the economy or health of the people, what comes first. 

Trade Talks between the UK and Japan for a Post Brexit Trade Deal - Brexit Update 1 - Transitional talks

BBC News: Reports " The UK and Japan are set to begin talks on Tuesday aimed at reaching agreement on a post-Brexit trade deal.  "

Lets Get Real:

This will place pressure on the EU to do a DEAL and fast.   This is the final month that the UK can ask for an extension to the transitional talks, the UK has made it clear that there will be NO REQUEST, even if the BBC/Guardian Remainers want to extend the deal.  The PM is expected to have a meeting with the EU this month, the PM has to be VERY clear with the EU, give us a trade deal we want or else we WALK and we will carry on talks with Japan and the US for a trade deal.   COVID - 19 has taken all the headline news, but the bigger story is the UK/EU talks that impact will last for years, the EU better wake up and smell the coffee, it's make DEAL TIME or else, the EU loses access to UK MARKETS.