re: #126 Jay C

Well, here’s some unexpected breaking news:
BBC reports that the UK and EU have (finally!) approved a Brexit trade deal.

No details, yet: and the deal still has to be approved by the British Government and the EU; (and still, left to what seems to be virtually the last moment) but something….

Certainly is the last moment: The UK parliament will be recalled next Wednesday to vote on it. That is: Wednesday December 30th. The second last day before the transition period would run out, heralding a no-deal Brexit.

Also, it’s better than a no-deal Brexit, but the deal is still a hard Brexit, a possibility which was always played down as scaremongering by the Leave campaign in 2016.