BREXIT COUNTDOWN DAYS TO GO
The ticking clock that points to an October revolution
Theresa May won’t give us a deadline for concluding EU negotiations. But Brexit Countdown can. Highlevel sources say any deal struck by the UK must be in place by the second day of the European Council summit on October 19.
The Prime Minister has to give MPs a chance to rubberstamp the deal before that so she can sign on the dotted line.
That means a meaningful vote in Parliament on Thursday, March 11. And if MPs reject the deal then we are back to square one.
This gives Brexit Secretary David Davis just 229 days to secure a trade agreement – a tall order indeed.
Failure means reverting to World Trade Organisation rules which will see tariffs and quotas on imports and exports.
Shop prices would go up and the latest Best for Britain YouGov poll shows four in 10 voters would demand a fresh referendum if that happens.
That’s not the worst of it for Mrs May, as new regional pay analysis by pressure group Open Britain based on her official impact assessments shows what having no deal would cost us.
By 2021, a Welsh crane driver on £35,400 would lose £574 a year, a South East software developer £347, a West Midlands baker £244, and a North East beautician £212.
Labour MP and Open Britain campaigner Phil Wilson said: “It’s people who work hard who will be hard hit by a hard Brexit.”