Let's be honest. The reason we haven't left is because of the inability of the government to negotiate a deal acceptability to parliament. If Johnson gets a good deal with a reasonable transition arrangement we may not notice much difference on the 1st November. If he fails like May did and lets the UK crashe out it's unpredictable but the pound will almost certainly fall, its likely manufacturing will be hit (as Stephen Barclay has now realised) and, if there's not time to push through the necessary legislation, EU and UK citizens in the wrong country may have entry, healthcare, pension/benefit, pet travel, etc issues. There's also the possibility if there are food or medicine shortages some could use it to create civil unrest for their own purposes, as could also happen in Ireland. The problem Johnson has is that by taking actions like suspending parliament he's alienating a significant proportion of the population (48%?) who, if things go wrong, are just going to say "we told you so, you fix it, you idiot". Of course, he may just do a Cameron and slope off to a well paid consultancy or writing job abroad; then, hello Jeremy? 🙂
Michael Ixer ● 2629d