Running out of time?

35 days and counting 

Current BrExit Expiry date:

31st October 2019

Risk and reward?

The objective is to stabelise the United Kingdom and protect its economic prosperity...

Heading for a lose-lose scenario?

If the United Kingdom crashes without an acceptable transition period, the UK will drop out of Zone Two membership  and become a Zone 5 "Third Country", terminating EU Membership privileges and risks losing access to all existing trade deals and other means of European co-operation ... 

Are there alternatives to stabelise the BrExit process?

Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since 1971...

Looking forward

The solution has been severely clouded by political grand standing

Majority: 1,265,501

12,922,659 did not vote

Your guess is as good as mine!

The BrExit seen from a different angle. Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and a Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since September 1971...

Number of MPs in parliament

57th Parliament of the United Kingdom

Lets assume that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson restores the whip to the 21 former conservatives MPs:

Best scenario: With 309 MPs, the conservative government has a minority of 3 with continuing support from the 10 DUP MPs...

Worst scenario: With 288 MPs, the conservative government has a minority of 33, assuming no confidence and supply contract from any other party...

Some of the many questions that need attention:

• Westminster's constitutional turmoil is not entirely unexpected!?
• why does the United Kingdom have an uncodified and not a written constitution?
• is it fair that the British Parliament continues while ancient convention(s) and the more recent Fixed Parliament Act cause a bottle neck?

Editor's comment

There are so many more little inconsistencies and the United Kingdom is not the only country where disruption and unease needs microscopic attention to identify local and regional economic inefficiencies!

Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since 1971

Johmson meets Juncker in Luxembourg

What is the progress and are there any alternatives?

Is is not clear what Prime Minister Boris Johnson is planning and he seems alarmingly obsessed with secrecy. From the start the European Union executives have been very consistent... 

Frustration in Europe is palpable because the United Kingdom is not communicating clearly with their European counterparts in Brussels!

Editors Comment:

During the early stages the British Conservative party moved a motion at Westminster to accept the outcome of the June 2016 referendum and failed to arrange crossparty talks  in the National Interest and could have considered the value of a Royal Commission.

Boris Johnson visits Jean Claude Juncker in Luxembourg. Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since 1971.

Who will be Britain`s next Prime Minister?

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Is Britain ready for a new Conservative Prime Minister ? Who will Queen Elizabeth invite to form a new United Kingdom Government? - Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since 1971.

Buyer Beware - Caveat Emptor - On Thursday 25 July 2019 parliament will be in recess until 3rd September 2019 and there is also time set aside for the Party Political conference season.

Please Stand by

Blog Suspended - Beyond Brexit

Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since September 1971.

■■■ Observations suspended 29 March 2019 ■■■, pending the UK Parliament's BrExit destination debate.

Big Protest March Sat 23 March 2019

Big Pro-Europe protest march in London on 23 March 2019.

Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since 1971.

Lib Dem MP Ed Davey explains

Refer my Twitter comments

Farage wrong footed?

Farage appears to be skipping details again. Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since 1971.

Farage glossing over

a complex set of circumstances

Bloomberg interview - Ian Blackford

Westminster Parliament SNP Leader Ian Blackord interviewed by Bloomberg. Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United since 1971.

BrExit in Scotland

The Scotland's Devolved Government, currently lead by the SNP, are allowing their "SNP raison d'etre" to influence rational thinking and longer term strategy, which will probably benefit Scotland as well as England and Wales. Breaking up the United Kingdom is simply a bridge too far!

Why Gove is cautiously edging to postponement

 Michael Gove cautiously tows the Cabinet's consensus! Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since 1971.

     BrExit Day 29 March 2019    

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Gove - idealist facing BrExit reality

Editor's observation:
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My late father, may he rest in peace, taught me well at an early age, that honesty is usually the best policy!

Proposing an end to BrExit?

Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since 1971.

 KEEPING 
   THE UNITED KINDOM   
 of  Great Britain and Northern Ireland's 
 OPTIONS OPEN AND CONSTRUCTIVE 

We are not in the business of investigating crime (personal and business property), identity theft and fraudulent use of computerised data.

British Police, EU28 customs officers and national legislators are under pressure

BrExit has exposed the fragility of our knowledge and medium/long term planning skills

Legislators in the United Kingdom need to look at the constitution and cross analyse the effect of EU membership and the hidden reasons at the heart of the Brexit debate.

The late Lord Ashdown,
former army officer and mature politician who will be remembered as an honest broker who was not afraid to speak up and point to run-of-the-mill errors and omissions.

The leave campaigners won by a very narrow margin.
The BrExit debate has reached the end of one road, and now needs to broaden it's remit significantly

Not so easy and BrExit tempers are fraying at the edges; unless parliament creates sufficient  breathing space to identify the Broader UK problems, delegates regional consultations, effectively manages expectations and agrees to extend Article 50 until May 2024...

BrExiter Rees-Mogg interviewed

Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since 1971.

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  30 days and counting  

BrExiter Rees-Mogg falling short on medium/long term vision?

BrExit News briefing

Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since 1971.

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  31 days and counting  

Rees Mogg vocal but still uncomfortably lacking long term vision and solution!!

Corbyn represented but not facing the camera and offering real leadership!

TBA

Sky News Interview John Redwood

Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since 1971.

Rt Hon Sir John Redwood MP

adversorial, dishonest and naive?

Editor's non political observation

from the spectator's gallery

Sir John Redwood has been a back bencher since 2005 and is moulded in the old-style of adversorial politics.

He is only four years older than I am... I would expect a better quality interview from a veteran politician who has been appointed as one of Her Majesty's Privy Council!

Labour BrExit from BBC Newsnight

Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since 1971.

     BrExit Day 29 March 2019    

  32 days and counting  

Editor's Comment - TBA

Mark Rutte Netherlands Prime Minister

Mark Rutte, Netherlands Prime Minister, interviewed on CNBC - Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since 1971.

     BrExit Day 29 March 2019    

  31 days and counting  

Serious worries

The Netherlands is neighbour, long term friend and

probably the UK's biggest trading partner  

Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney

Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney interviewed. Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since 1971.

Coveney interview

Holding firm on the Irish Border insurance policy

Nicola Sturgeon interview

Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since 1971.

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A delay to BrExit almost inevitable?

The new break away Independent Group of MPs has been on the cards for some time and unless this groups grows in size, it is difficult to see how they operate without a leader and a clear manifesto!

EU press conference

Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since 1971.

Awkward BritFit?

     BrExit Day 29 March 2019    
  35 days and counting  

There is good reason to be cautious, but let's focus on positive solutions...!

Theresa May expresses her opinion

Aernout Fabius shares his knowledge and experience as a immigrant BeNeLux citizen and Tax Resident of the United Kingdom since 1971.

     BrExit Day 29 March 2019    

  37 days and counting  

Is there any comfort in her words?

Do you believe she can succeed?