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Jellied Eel Silver badge

Re: OTOH

With three months to go, none of the great policies are being announced. Yet it is out of deference for EU. But happy to renege on existing agreements.

I'm guessing you've never negotiated anything. So currently we're in a 'transition' period, with terms laid out in the withdrawl agreement. So generally it's not a good idea to lay all your cards on the table during negotiation, especially when the other side isn't. And there's no 'reneging' on existing agreements as the only one that really matters right now is predicated on the EU negotiating in good faith & working out a trade deal.. Which the EU is refusing to do, ie not respecting UK sovereignty and expecting control over NI to be handed to Brussels..

Claims “Federal” EU, when talking about corporate taxes, yet no federal corporate taxes are paid in EU.

Sure they are, ie the tithes members pay based on GDP, or the EU's cut of VAT. Plus don't forget the EU originally was planned to creat a federal Europe, and since inception, as been preaching 'ever closer political union', meaning control over policies via Directives, and granting itself 'exclusive competence' over swathes of policy. Like negotiating trade deals, for example..

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