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Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. On this episode of the New Statesman podcast we discuss the state of the Brexit

talks and whether or not they will end in no deal. And you ask us, what is the

state of green politics in the UK?

So Michelle Barnier has told EU ambassadors that the talks between the UK and the EU for a trade deal aren't going so well and this is really being called the crunch week.

I know we've spoken about crunch weeks in the past but time is running out before the end of the transition period at the end of December.

Stephen what state are the talks actually in and how likely is it that a deal won't be struck?

I mean the talks are kind of in the same state they've been in broadly since we formally left the political

but not the economic institutions in the 31st of January.

In then there is a distance between the EU and the UK on the level playing field.

So that's basically what punishment you have for both sides if one of them diverges from

regulations on some areas, fishing rights, which I hope is

self-explanatory. Oh and then of course market access because yeah like so essentially

the UK argument is broadly we should be able to have the same level of market access as Canada for the same level of regulatory autonomy.

The EU's argument is, well, Canada's like a cajillion million miles away.

I've paraphrase slightly.

On a clear day, we can see you over the channel.

So, actually, no, you can't have that level of market access for for that level of

regulatory autonomy that wouldn't work fast and essentially right and in many ways

it's a perfect my cosm of the Brexit argument because it really does come down to whether or not you

think geography matters in terms of like your trade maximization stuff.

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