18th Feb 2019 https://nfind.uk/brexit_cliff_edge/index.php/newsletter=6 brexit_cliff_edge

Jobs at Risk

Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-flybmi/uk-regional-airline-flybmi-goes-into-administration-blaming-brexit-idUSKCN1Q50O9 16th Feb 2019

Jobs at Risk

The Guardian East Midlands carrier unable to secure valuable contracts in Europe cancels all flights. The company which employs 376 staff and operates more than 600 flights a week said it faced several difficulties in recent weeks including spikes in fuel and carbon costs the latter arising from the EUs recent decision to exclude UK airlines from full participation in the Emissions Trading Scheme. Current trading and future prospects have also been seriously affected by the uncertainty created by the Brexit process which has led to our inability to secure valuable flying contracts in Europe and lack of confidence around bmis ability to continue flying between destinations in Europe the airline said in a statement. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/feb/16/flybmi-collapses-blaming-brexit-uncertainty 16th Feb 2019

Jobs at Risk

Bloomberg Amsterdam is winning so much business as Europes postBrexit trading hub that the Netherlands is boosting the financial regulators budget by 10 percent to keep up with it all. It could be even more in case of a nodeal Brexit Merel van Vroonhoven head of regulator AFM said in a Bloomberg TV interview. AFM needs the extra budget to heavily invest in IT and hire many more people she added. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-15/brexit-such-good-business-for-dutch-that-watchdog-needs-to-grow?utm_medium=social&amputm_content=brexit&amputm_source=twitter&ampcmpid%3D=socialflow-facebook-brexit&amputm_campaign=socialflow-organic 15th Feb 2019

Jobs at Risk

Financial Times Dyson outsourced more than 100 back office roles out of the UK only months before announcing the relocation of its headquarters to Asia said current and former employees of the consumer appliances maker. At least 100 roles at Dysons Malmesbury site in Wiltshire were outsourced overseas chiefly to India through the professional services group Accenture according to current and former employees who asked not to be named. A smaller number of roles went to the Czech Republic. Accenture declined to comment. https://www.ft.com/content/300aec4a-3131-11e9-ba00-0251022932c8 15th Feb 2019

Economic Impact

Express.co.uk Brexiter Liam Fox makes the extraordinary claim that rejecting UK Brexit demands could potentially lead to a recession across the continent after Italys economy shrank last year. https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1088336/Brexit-News-Liam-Fox-Theresa-May-UK-EU-Withdrawal-Deal-No-Deal 17th Feb 2019

Administrative Fall Out

The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/feb/15/porsche-asks-uk-buyers-to-commit-to-10-no-deal-brexit-surcharge?CMP=share_btn_tw 15th Feb 2019

Administrative Fall Out

BBC Porsche is warning UK customers they might have to pay 10 extra for cars delivered after Britain leaves the EU. The German firm wants buyers to sign a clause agreeing to a potential tariff a move Porsche said is precautionary. Porsches owner Volkswagen declined to discuss if some of its other brands including Audi Lamborghini Skoda Bugatti Seat and Ducati might follow. A 10 surcharge would see the cost of an entrylevel Porsche 911 rising from 93110 to 102421. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47270616 17th Feb 2019

Administrative Fall Out

Business Insider MPs have run out of time to force the government to publish details of over 320 Brexit workstreams. The workstreams spread across nearly 20 government departments are intended to make sure the United Kingdom is ready for all outcomes on exit day March 29. This includes nodeal. The government still refuses to publish details of whether these workstreams are on track. Its secrecy for secrecys sake and Brexit has become the excuse for that senior MP Meg Hillier who has been pushing for ministers to be more transparent about its Brexit work told Business Insider. The government insists that the information is sensitive and cannot be made public. https://www.businessinsider.com/government-accused-of-extraordinary-brexit-secrecy-brexit-workstreams-2019-2 17th Feb 2019

Administrative Fall Out

@BBCPolitics Airbus UK boss Katherine Bennett explains to Andrew Marr that the company has spent tens of millions of Euros on contingency planning for Brexit and shed much prefer it to have been spent on apprentiships training investment for new jobs instrad https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1097081116362559488 17th Feb 2019

Administrative Fall Out

The Guardian The Home Office is selling the services of its immigration officials to private companies in a move attacked as an escalation of the hostile environment strategy. According to internal documents seen by the Observer the department is attempting to embed immigration officers at a rate of almost 60 an hour as part of an enhanced checking service being offered to public services understood to include NHS trusts and local authorities as well as private firms. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/feb/16/home-office-hires-out-staff-hunt-migrants-hostile-environment 16th Feb 2019

Administrative Fall Out

The Local Norway With the UK parliament still gridlocked on how to find a compromise on Brexit the likelihood of Britain exiting the European Union without a deal grows by the day. Heres what that would mean for Brits in each country https://www.thelocal.no/20190214/country-by-country-guide-to-what-brits-in-the-eu-can-expect-in-the-event-of-a-no-deal-brexit 14th Feb 2019

Political Shenanigans

The Times There has been a systematic operation of infiltration of the Conservative Party by Ukip and Ukip sympathisers. I had 400 members until 12 months ago and I now have 500 . . . They have coalesced with those in my party who already had these views. Among the more rightwing and reactionary members there has never been a total acceptance of my brand of politics they were quite grumpy about gay marriage. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/may-is-letting-tory-zealots-turn-party-into-nukip-warns-boles-smphhl3d2 15th Feb 2019

Political Shenanigans

The Scotsman A dozen or more government ministers could quit by the end of the month if Prime Minister Theresa May refuses to extend the Brexit negotiating period beyond 29 March a leading Tory opponent of EU withdrawal has said. Former attorney general Dominic Grieve said the next round of Brexit votes on 27 February would be a high noon moment when resignations on this scale which he said could include six Cabinet members might bring Mrs Mays government down. He was speaking as Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt made clear his unwillingness to accept a nodeal departure telling hardline Brexiteers in a tweet We are not leaving without a deal. If you want to leave youd better agree one. In the next fortnight would help. https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/brexit-high-noon-could-see-theresa-may-lose-six-ministers-1-4874154 16th Feb 2019

Political Shenanigans

The Guardian The justice secretary has said he has grave concerns about the prospect of leaving the European Union without a deal saying it would have a very adverse effect on the UKs economy security and union with Northern Ireland. David Gauke said the government was planning for the contingency of no deal but suggested he would support extending article 50 if a deal between the UK and EU was not reached since a nodeal Brexit was not in the national interest. He added that he expected the government to act responsibly if the current deadlock prevailed. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/16/david-gauke-expresses-grave-concerns-about-no-deal-brexit 16th Feb 2019

Political Shenanigans

Evening Standard The Peoples Vote campaign for a second referendum on Brexit has announced a march the weekend before the UK leaves the EU. The put it to the people march will call for the public to be given a final say on any Brexit deal. Its timing on March 23 follows suggestions that a deal may not be agreed until the eleventh hour. Britain is due to leave on March 29. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/peoples-vote-campaign-announces-london-march-for-weekend-before-brexit-day-a4068836.html?utm_medium=Social&amputm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1550356124 16th Feb 2019

Political Shenanigans

The Sun Brussels fears the chances of a no deal Brexit are now as high as 90 per cent after Theresa Mays latest calamitous Commons defeat. EU diplomats warned the PM she is on her last chance to salvage a Brexit deal but warned that privately the mood is black https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/brexit/8439113/brussels-fears-no-deal-brexit-90-per-cent/ 15th Feb 2019

Political Shenanigans

The Guardian For three years the worst of Britain has been in charge. The Britain that says it is elitist to tell the electorate it cant have the impossible. The Britain that has patted itself on the back for threatening the rule of law and the independence of MPs. The Britain where it is normal for supporters of Jeremy Corbyn to call the BBCs political editor a bitch and a whore and demand her dismissal for crimes against the party line and for supporters of Nigel Farage to send death threats to MPs. The Britain with no middle only extremes. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/16/brexit-extremism-is-going-nowhere-now-the-moderate-millions-must-act 16th Feb 2019

Political Shenanigans

The Guardian Labour has pulled level with the Conservatives according to the latest Opinium poll for the Observer that suggests significant potential support for a new party. The poll also confirmed that a large proportion of the public are disillusioned with the two main parties. Almost half 41 think that both Labour and the Conservatives have become extreme with 39 of Tory voters and 37 of Labour voters agreeing with this. A similar number 42 think neither party stands for anything. Twofifths 40 think a new political party would be the best way for people like them to be represented while 59 would consider voting for a new centreground party. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/16/labour-pulls-level-with-tories-in-latest-opinion-poll 16th Feb 2019

Political Shenanigans

The Guardian Campaigners against Theresa Mays my deal or no deal Brexit strategy are planning to mobilise the public and politicians for a showdown over the UKs future in Europe in the final six days before Britain is due to leave the EU the Observer can reveal. The plans will involve a huge march in London on Saturday 23 March aimed at demonstrating the scale of public anxiety about the two Brexit options May is offering which will conclude with speeches outside the Palace of Westminster. Hundreds of thousands are expected to attend. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/16/huge-march-last-week-before-brexit 16th Feb 2019

Political Shenanigans

Financial Times Act 1 is all about killing off the disastrous outcome of leaving the EU on March 29 without a deal which remains the default. Act 2 which could prove very short will revolve around final attempts to obtain some kind of compromise with the EU. It needs to be sufficiently Brexity to persuade the hardliners in the Conservative party and the Democratic Unionist party that a fig leaf over the initial Northern Ireland backstop provides enough cover for their partial retreat. Act 3 begins with the prime minister centre stage looking for salvation the threat of no deal will have been disarmed and her plan will still lack majority support. There will remain the option of going to the country by calling a general election risky but tempting given the helpless Labour leadership or going to the country with a referendum. https://www.ft.com/content/0d4f6ac0-3111-11e9-80d2-7b637a9e1ba1 16th Feb 2019

Political Shenanigans

Daily Mirror Tory Brexiteers are plotting to demand Theresa Mays job as the price she must pay to get her EU deal through Parliament. Jacob ReesMoggs rebel European Research Group want her to quit as Prime Minister after local elections on May 2. In return they will vote for her deal so she can hit her March 29 deadline for us to leave the EU. A Tory leadership contest would take place over the summer with the ERG campaigning for their champion Boris Johnson. And the new PM will be crowned at the Tory conference in Manchester in September. Brexiteers think they can hold Mrs May to ransom because she cares more about getting Brexit on her terms than being PM. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tories-plot-crown-boris-johnson-14009295?utm_source=facebook.com&amputm_medium=social&amputm_campaign=sharebar 16th Feb 2019

Political Shenanigans

The Independent Campaigners for a fresh Brexit referendum will pour onto the streets for another huge demonstration next month with the decision poised to go down to the wire. The Put It To The People march organised in partnership with The Independents Final Say campaign will take place in London on Saturday 23 March just six days before the UKs scheduled departure from the EU. That decision still hangs in the balance with the EU refusing changes demanded by Theresa May to reverse the crushing defeat of her divorce deal last month and cabinet ministers threatening resignation. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-march-final-say-referendum-parliament-theresa-may-peoples-vote-a8782791.html 16th Feb 2019

Political Shenanigans

Bloomberg Prime Minister Theresa May launched a desperate appeal to Conservative Party lawmakers to unite behind her derided Brexit plan as she prepares for a return to Brussels for more talks with European Union leaders. In a letter to her partys lawmakers May said shes planning to meet with European Commission President JeanClaude Juncker and speak to the leader of every EU member state in the days ahead. Gaining headway in Brussels will depend largely on whether she can show a united front at home. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-16/theresa-may-makes-another-plea-for-unity-to-get-brexit-deal 16th Feb 2019

Political Shenanigans

The Sun on Sunday There are unsubstantiated claims that EU chiefs have secretly agreed measures to ensure transport links with Britain are maintained in the event of a No Deal Brexit The Sun on Sunday can reveal. The contingency plan drawn up by the European Commission is on the condition that the UK offers the same rights to the EU. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/brexit/8444442/brexit-scaremongers-eu-transport-agreement/ 17th Feb 2019

Political Shenanigans

The Independent It was a project that began on the rightwing extremes of the Tory party then helped by those too rightwing even for that such as multimillionaire Jimmy Goldsmith whose Referendum Party made much noise on the subject in the 1990s and Ukip for which Dulwich Collegeeducated City trader Nigel Farage would deploy a beerswilling fagchomping faux manofthepeople shtick to broaden the appeal. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-final-say-put-it-to-the-people-march-peoples-vote-eu-second-referendum-a8781171.html 17th Feb 2019

Political Shenanigans

The Guardian I want to see a workable deal that supports manufacturing and can sustain a consensus. But the prime ministers refusal to change her red lines her refusal even to consider a customs union and her determination to pander only to the hardline European Research Group within her own party make me deeply worried. The votes last week show that the ERG will not be satisfied with any sensible plan. Its members advocate nodeal but they wont be the ones who suffer if food prices go up as a result of WTO tariffs and border delays to food and they wont be the ones who are hit if manufacturing jobs are lost. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/17/yvette-cooper-my-bill-stops-damage-not-brexit 17th Feb 2019

Political Shenanigans

The Guardian One of the Conservatives most generous donors has criticised the partys reliance on wealthy benefactors and has urged the partys chief executive Mick Davis to be more energetic and seek 50 gifts from ordinary members...Some of the partys biggest donors are withholding payments because of concerns over Theresa Mays leadership the lack of a policy agenda and paralysis over Brexit. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/17/tory-benefactor-john-griffin-questions-party-reliance-on-rich-donors 17th Feb 2019

Political Setbacks

Sky News Exforeign secretary Dame Margaret Beckett and Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell tell MPs to stick with the party. https://news.sky.com/story/mps-told-splitting-from-labour-risks-decade-of-conservative-government-11640270 18th Feb 2019

Political Setbacks

Daily Mirror Britain faces having large gaps in the law after Brexit after a study found just 13 of EU regulations have been replaced. Experts say it will create troubling uncertainty for businesses as they brace themselves for the possibility of nodeal in just over a month. Some 12000 Brussels rules will have to be examined edited and retained by MPs before Britain leaves the EU at the end of March. To ensure a smooth transition in either a deal or nodeal situation the Government will lift and shift those Regulations which currently apply to the UK into the UK Statute book. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/brexit-just-13-12000-eu-14013286 18th Feb 2019

Political Setbacks

Politics Home Tobias Ellwood said quitting the EU in March without an agreement would be catastrophic for Britain and that the option needs to be taken off the table very soon indeed. The Defence Minister has been a vocal critic of a nodeal outcome but today became the first frontbencher to openly admit he would be willing to rebel to stop it from happening. https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/conservative-party/news/101901/blow-theresa-may-minister-declares-he-will 17th Feb 2019

Political Setbacks

British GQ Matt Kelly Editor of The New European lists his take on the most widely known Brexit Lies. He explains them in an AZ format why they are wrong and how they have been spun. https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/list-of-brexit-lies 17th Feb 2019

Political Setbacks

@lunaperla Arron Banks is back on Twitter after a threeweek absence and hes even more vile than ever. Hes boasting about 50000 Kippers joining the Conservatives purely to wreck your party. Youre one of the MPs targeted. Brandon Lewis must act but hes AWOL. PurpleWave https://twitter.com/lunaperla/status/1096950967122227200 17th Feb 2019

Political Setbacks

Daily Mirror Loyalty to personal wealth is paramount when details of his dirty little secret follow Brexit boss James Dyson switching his HQ from Blighty to Singapore while Tory loaded banker Jacob ReesMogg opened a city fund in Dublin to remain within Europe while forcing everyone else to leave. Never has Brexit felt such a plaything for a footloose wealthy elite who incited enough working people to vote for economic suicide in the knowledge first class tickets and private planes await to fly them to safety. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/kevin-maguire-labour-failing-cash-14012608?utm_source=twitter.com&amputm_medium=social&amputm_campaign=sharebar 17th Feb 2019

Political Setbacks

BBC Six people have been charged after a number of police officers and emergency workers were attacked at a proBrexit yellow vest protest march in London. Footage posted on social media appears to show some activists clashing with officers at the march through Whitehall and Piccadilly on Saturday. Five protesters were charged with assault on an emergency worker and one was charged with obstructing police. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-47270935 17th Feb 2019

Political Setbacks

The Independent Jeremy Corbyn has been accused of betraying the partys Brexit policy by the delegates who wrote it as they demand he finally backs a Final Say referendum on Brexit. The delegates from around the country have sent a letter to the Labour leader directly charging him with failing to implement the plan carefully formed and approved by conference last year. In a stinging rebuke they remind him that he promised policy will be made by Labour members not the leader but then go on to say the complete opposite now appears to be happening. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-brexit-policy-jeremy-corbyn-party-members-nec-remain-no-deal-second-referendum-a8781191.html 17th Feb 2019

Political Setbacks

The Guardian More than a third of people in the UK believe that Islam is a threat to the British way of life according to a report by the antifascist group Hope not Hate. The organisations annual State of Hate report which will be launched on Monday argues that antiMuslim prejudice has replaced immigration as the key driver of the growth of the far right. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/17/third-of-britons-believe-islam-threatens-british-way-of-life-says-report?utm_term=Autofeed&ampCMP=twt_b-gdnnews&amputm_medium=Social&amputm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1550405089 17th Feb 2019

Political Setbacks

The Sunday Times The Sunday Times received leaked WhatsApp messages revealing that Steve Baker the deputy chairman of the 100strong European Research Group ERG told colleagues that Mays Brexit negotiations with Brussels were a complete waste of time. In a message on Friday Baker said Downing Street and Brussels were pretending to negotiate while working together to run down the clock to force Mays deal through with few changes. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/70af65a6-3234-11e9-88d5-03e8c292b702 17th Feb 2019

Political Setbacks

Daily Mail Ratcliffe is chairman of chemicals company Ineos which has turnover of 45bn. He and two senior execs are reportedly set to benefit from tax avoidance plan. Monaco famous for its yachtlined harbour and casinos is wellknown tax haven Plan could see Treasury lose out on around 400m and 4bn should it go ahead. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6713413/Billionaire-Brexiteer-Sir-James-Ratcliffe-relocates-Monaco-bid-save-4bn-tax.html 17th Feb 2019

Political Setbacks

Glasgow Live Yesterday a prominent Conservative backbencher compared the death rate in Glasgow to mortality figures in concentration camps during the Boer War. Jacob ReesMogg who is particularly well known for his proBrexit views used an appearance on BBC Question Time to defend the legacy of Sir Winston Churchill. During an exchange with Grace Blakeley a research Fellow on IPPRs Commission on Economic Justice ReesMogg talked about concentration camps bringing in Glasgow as a statistical example. https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/jacob-rees-mogg-glasgow-rate-15835951 17th Feb 2019

Political Setbacks

@Channel4News You would be prepared to be one of the people who will go down in history How could you possibly responsibly do that when you know thats a bad thing That was the question @krishgm put to Cabinet minister James Brokenshire about leaving the EU without a deal on March 29th. https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/1096816336741765121 16th Feb 2019

Political Setbacks

The Times Female MPs have been forced to move house and hire bodyguards as tensions over Brexit fuel intimidation and abuse The Times can reveal. Some MPs have been bullied into changing their position on crucial votes after being targeted by extremists according to senior figures such as Harriet Harman the former deputy Labour leader. One female parliamentarian has been advised by police not to travel at night on her own another has been told not to drive herself and a third has been advised not to run in her local park. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/brexit-abuse-forces-mps-to-move-house-sggsrg6gb?utm_medium=Social&amputm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1550303802 16th Feb 2019

Political Setbacks

The Telegraph he Conservatives are facing new cashforaccess claims after offering business figures private meetings with the Chancellor and other finance ministers in return for substantial donations to the party. Individuals working in the City were being offered membership of a Chancellors Group that Tories said had the overt patronage of the Chancellor and offered the chance to discuss topical issues with key finance ministers go to postbudget briefings and get monthly updates on the economy. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/02/16/cash-access-claims-tories-offer-private-meetings-philip-hammond/ 16th Feb 2019

Political Setbacks

Mirror Online Fatcat donors were behind more than half the 52million given to the Tories since 2017. Analysis by Labour reveals the cash from the secretive Leaders Group an elite network of donors who pay 50000ayear to dine with top Tory ministers. The billionaires business tycoons and hedge fund bosses have access to the Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers such as Chancellor Philip Hammond as well as leadership contenders Boris Johnson and Sajid Javid. Of those dining with Tory ministers superrich donors working in finance donated 9.1million to the party. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/fatcats-supplied-more-half-tories-14009716 16th Feb 2019

Political Setbacks

The Sun A senior Labour figure once tipped for high office is quitting the party over Jeremy Corbyns failure to tackle antiSemitism. Michael Dugher 43 admits he has been close to tears watching colleagues abused by the hardLeft hate mob. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8443385/michael-dugher-quitting-labour-anti-semitism/ 16th Feb 2019

Political Setbacks

Secret Manchester Billboards exposing politicians lies and hypocrisy over leaving the EU are appearing all over the UK. The billboards are the brainchild of Led By Donkeys four men who want to highlight the hypocrisy of our politicians on Brexit. The posters share direct quotes from politicians including Nigel Farage Jacob ReesMogg Theresa May and David Cameron in the form of Tweets. https://secretmanchester.com/news/led-by-donkeys/ 16th Feb 2019

Political Setbacks

New Statesman Unite General Secretary argues that Jeremy Corbyn has been rocklike and statesman in his consistency of accepting the 2016 Brexit result and that everyone else should be too. https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2019/02/len-mccluskey-remainers-need-calm-down-and-back-corbyn 16th Feb 2019

Political Setbacks

The Guardian Intense discussions are taking place at Westminster that could lead to the emergence of a new centrist party consisting of six or more disaffected antiBrexit Labour MPs along with the involvement of some Conservatives and the backing of the Liberal Democrats. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/15/uk-mps-intense-talks-setting-up-new-centrist-party-labour 15th Feb 2019

Political Setbacks

London Evening Standard Up to eight Cabinet ministers are indicating they will resign if Theresa May lets Britain crash out of the European Union without a deal the Standard has learned. Some say they will quit unless the Prime Minister takes action by the end of this month to prevent a nodeal Brexit by backing an extension to Article 50. Senior MPs said Mrs May was running out of time to paper over the cracks and predicted a High Noon on February 27 when MPs are due to stage key Brexit votes including on postponing the March 29 deadline. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/brexit-latest-eight-cabinet-ministers-signal-theyre-ready-to-quit-over-no-deal-a4067976.html 15th Feb 2019

Political Setbacks

Belfast Telegraph In an open letter to European Commission president JeanClaude Juncker Sir Jim warned Europe is no longer competitive as a result of its strict energy and labour laws which he claims are the most expensive in the world. He added the EU is scaring away investment with heavy green taxes with Europes share of the world chemical market having halved to just 15 in the last 10 years. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/ineos-founder-sir-jim-ratcliffe-blasts-eu-over-stupid-taxes-37808915.html 12th Feb 2019

Trade Deals/Negotiations

Daily Mail British lorries and planes will be allowed into Europe even if there is a no deal Brexit newly published contingency plans from Brussels have revealed. The EU Council said basic air and road links would be maintained for at least several months to avoid a catastrophic collapse in ties after exit day on March 29. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6714049/UK-lorries-planes-allowed-Europe-no-deal-Brexit.html 17th Feb 2019