What did Saint Boris bring you all this year? 7 hours until the plug is pulled

Sounds like a victory

Trump will insist NHS pays more for drugs in trade deal, says ambassador

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jan/31/trump-will-put-us-interests-first-in-trade-talks-says-kim-darroch-ambassador

This is only the beginning.

Finally it's kind of over for now, maybe.

Are you sure they can afford to dismantle health care like that ? I'm suspecting it will be like Trump: Massive deficit first.

What a savage.

11 month transitional period.

Time to grab some popcorn and watch the slow burn as the UK fails to establish trade deals with its old partners.

you say that, but the USA is clambering for partners to offset Chinese tariff trade issues. we'd happily subsidize them im sure.

Should have said "either fails to get a trade deal or gets significantly worse trade deals than previously with its old trade partners"

There's really no reason anybody should give them the same terms they had before, they just don't have nearly as much leverage, so I expect them to get absolutely necessary deals with worse terms, and negotiate over longer terms for less necessary deals still getting worse terms.