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and as for that lying git boris ,,well what can you say ,,he tells the world that there is only a 175 trucks at dover ???
and now the french have control of the uk
Talks still going 'mackerel by mackerel'
Gavin Lee
BBC Europe reporter
As I understand it, talks haven't yet finished between negotiators and they are still talking fish.
Through the night, the lights have been on and they have been talking species by species, herring by herring, mackerel by mackerel.
I am aware I keep saying this and the time has been slipping, but we are maybe an hour away from a deal being announced.
And then we will get those crucial details in the next few hours - things that will affect us, like rules on when I am driving in the EU, pet passports, medical insurance.
Hopefully we will get some more light on that as the day continues.
RAF CASERT AND JILL LAWLESS | ASSOCIATED PRESS
26 minutes ago
BRUSSELS – After months of talks and at almost the last minute, Britain and the European Union struck a provisional free-trade agreement Thursday that should avert New Year chaos for cross-border traders and bring a measure of certainty for businesses after years of Brexit turmoil.
With just over a week until the U.K.’s final split from the EU, the British government said the “deal is done.”
It said the deal was “the first free trade agreement based on zero tariffs and zero quotas that has ever been achieved with the EU.”
EU officials also confirmed an agreement had been reached.
“So we have finally found an agreement. It was a long and winding road but we have got a good deal to show for it," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said. "It is fair, it is a balanced deal and it is the right and responsible thing to do for both sides.”
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was expected to make a statement shortly.