Observations

The first thing to say is that David Frost’s statement was clear and unambiguous, yet again. “UK sovereignty, over our laws, our courts, or our fishing waters, is of course not up for discussion.” Well said, that man.

There remains, of course, a general nervousness amongst all who voted to leave the European Union that Boris Johnson is minded to compromise in some way to achieve something he can call a ‘trade deal’. We share that nervousness, based on years of seeing the UK Government betray the decision of the British people on 23 June 2016.

That said, we are encouraged by some of these very clear statements from David Frost. Can anyone imagine such words coming out of the mouth of Theresa May or her arch-Remainer side-kick Olly Robbins, before Boris Johnson took over?

What are the odds of a proper trade deal?

Brexit Facts4EU.Org stands by our assertion from our beginnings in 2015. The EU will not do a normal and reasonable trade deal with the UK because for them this is about political ideology. They desire one thing: the subsuming of all individual nations of Europe into one superstate, governed from Brussels by unaccountable people in grey suits.

Brexit was a slap in the face for these eurocrats – and it came from their second-largest member, the United Kingdom. In response, the EU apparatchiks circled the wagons and made it very clear how they were going to approach talks with the UK.

“This will not be an amicable divorce,” declared EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker within hours of the announcement of the result on 24 June 2016. He meant it. The EU intended to punish the people of the United Kingdom in any way they could – and they still intend to do so.

Isn’t it time to come clean?

One might have thought that if a trade deal were at all likely, the teams on each side would be talking to each other a great deal next week. Instead we get two hours on goods trade and two hours on services trade. Hardly very impressive, nor anything which could really be described as “intensified”. Perhaps David Frost approved the agenda because he knew there was little point in wasting more time on areas where the EU is clearly never going to behave normally.

If this carries on, there seems little point in pretending. The Government could simply announce to the world that there is no prospect whatsoever of the EU behaving reasonably. The EU is demanding continued jurisdiction over the UK. It demands the UK’s waters, and it demands effective control over the UK’s policies on industry, taxation, state aid, social laws, and the environment.

Boris Johnson could score major brownie points with the British public – and with large parts of the EU populace come to that - if he simply went on television at the end of next week and said:

“These unelected Eurocrats are quite extraordinary. It’s impossible to negotiate with them, as so many other nations have found. Blow this for a game of soldiers. We’re off.

“Hello World, Great Britain is Back!”

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