Originally Posted by
Slant
That's not exactly true. The type of ratification never played a role outside of scheduling constraints.
What made a deal impossible from the get-go is this:
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There is no deal, because the UK is making outrageous demands that do not exist in any other deal the EU has. And the EU is - rightly - not willing to give the UK yet another incidence where they get exceptional treatment over anyone else on the planet. And it's not just that the UK demands (not requests, demands!) these types of outrageous exceptions, they demand them knowing that those exceptions mean the destruction of the core principles that define the EU, ie. an external border, no borders within Schengen, a single market customs zone that absolutely requires everyone to be on board with the same regulations and being protected by the external border, etc.
If India wants to sell electronics into the EU, they will comply with EU standards for electronic devices.
What the UK essentially demands is to be able to ignore EU regulations and then export into the EU market regardless, without border controls. Gets even worse with their financial services, they want to sell their services into the EU, under UK law, and exclude any EU jurisdiction over those deals. Zero protection for EU business or consumers is what the UK demands.
And make no mistake, this has never been and is not about fishing. That's the only hook simple folks like Dribs understand so they pick it up and use it as their main argument. It's really insignificant and nobody gives a shit about it. Rest assured, Macron's interest in that is very limited, too. People like Dribs keep thinking it's France vs. Germany on that. It's really not, France has a big auto industry selling into the UK as well.
The problem is: GFA, Gibraltar (which really doesn't get spoken about enough) and maybe the question... if you can't solve a relatively small scale and simple problem like fishing, how do you even intend to handle the big issues like auto industry? Financial services?
Wherever you look, there are problems. And no deal is the only logical outcome. Has been for four years, will not change in the remaining 2 months. Dribs wins, UK burns. End of the game, gg thanks for playing. And every decent human being should be disgusted by him and his likes. And of course by the fact that sites like MMO-C happily provide a platform for these types of people. They are not bound by free speech, yet sites like MMO-C support destructive forces actively. Heck, Twitter and Facebook basically live off cats and these people... should all be shut down, to be honest. There is no value gained for humanity by their existance.