UK may get no-deal they want handed to them on a plate

This estate agent’s advertisment in Dublin portrayed Prime Minister Boris Johnson as a Dad’s Army character. Unfortunately, Brexit is becoming less and less funny, as each day makes a no-deal outcome more likely.

It’s getting easier for the pro-Brexit government in London to make good on its threat that the EU transition period will not be extended beyond 2020, no matter what the circumstances, including a no-deal Brexit.

Boris Johnson’s government has less to lose, after German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, told the European Parliament last week to prepare for a No Deal scenario (but that the aim was for a “good deal” in the autumn).