What is a ‘No Deal’ Brexit and why are some people for and some against this?

So what’s going on now with Brexit? Prime Minister Theresa May triggered Article 50 back on 29th March 2017, meaning the United Kingdom will leave the EU on 29th March 2019. Since that time the UK government has been negotiating a deal with the EU in order to allow the UK to leave the EU with arrangements in place to ease the UK out of its current set up as a member of the EU. Theresa May has arranged a deal with the EU that will be put to a vote in Parliament in January 2019. However, if Parliament votes against this deal it may mean the UK leaves the EU with no deal. Currently, the UK is preparing for a no deal Brexit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIpBWW1Iq58 Watch the clip and choose on challenge question: How is the UK preparing? (Describe three ways) Why is the UK preparing? (Explain three reasons) Explain the possible consequences of a No-Deal Brexit on British Industry.

If the UK leaves without a deal, it means all EU regulations, laws and statutes would cease to operate in the UK on 30th March 2019. A no deal Brexit would mean the UK would likely trade on ‘World Trade Organisation (WTO) terms’ which would mean large tariffs or payments being applied to all goods coming in and out of the UK. What might the consequences of this be?

Some people are in favour of a ‘no deal’ Brexit because: The UK would not necessarily need to pay the EU its ‘divorce bill’ of around £39 billion, saving the UK money. The UK could immediately begin negotiating trade deals with other countries outside of the EU – something that would be very difficult under the current deal being put forward by the UK government. The UK government has been making contingency plans to cope with any disruption caused by a ‘no deal’ Brexit, including new contracts to ferry companies to bring in more goods to the UK should there be customs issues. Some say this is what the British public voted for.

Some people are against a ‘no deal’ Brexit because: This would mean all items coming into the UK would likely become more expensive due to tariffs being imposed. There may be shortages of medicines and food due to customs issues between Britain and the EU. Border checks would have to be reintroduced between the UK and the EU, meaning a ‘hard’ border would likely need to be imposed between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. No one in either country wants this to happen. The UK would have no ‘transition’ period – it would drop out of the EU on a ‘cliff edge’ or a sudden change. It would be unclear what would happen to the rights of UK citizens currently living in the EU and the rights of EU citizens currently living in the UK. By Love Food Hate Waste NZ - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41570926

Should the British public accept a No-Deal Brexit? What do you think? Using your information sheets and notes from the clips, write a blog with your view: Deal or No Deal? This should be submitted to Mr Barrow – via Google Docs – by Thursday 7th February. OR: Produce a timeline from the referendum to the 7th February with all of the key events and a brief summary.

Support – Newsround: What do the all the Brexit words mean? https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/38637145 The PowerPoint slide from the Brexit Quiz (with answers) can be found here: https://www.ixworthfreeschool.org.uk/homewor k-timetables/