Comments by "Nigel Johnson" (@nigeljohnson9820) on "Brexit minister warns Britain may refuse to pay Brexit divorce bill" video.

  1. Max Mustermann according to the IMF, the EU is going to suffer a significant loss if the UK leaves without a deal. Added to the loss of trade, there is the matter of zero access to UK waters for EU fishing boats. Then there is the little matter of all those EU companies with investments in the UK such air traffic control, airports, power companies to name but a few.
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  2. Tom Lloyd it is not brexit that was a bad idea, it was joining the EU in the first place.
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  3. HardBraquemard nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. The divorce settlement has not been ratified.
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  4. Max Mustermann it is conditional on reaching a trade deal before the UK leaves. No deal, no money.
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  5. About time.
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  6. fabioshire97 no, there is no legal requirement to pay anything after brexit. The EU did not expect any state would leave and made no provision for any payments after the exit. It is simply a matter of international law.
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  7. fabioshire97 no, it is a matter of law. If there is not a requirement to pay then the uk would be stupid to pay if it gets nothing in return. That is the real world and the EU know it, which is why they wanted a commitment to pay as part of the early negotiations. Unfortunately for the EU it also accepted that "nothing is agreed until all is agreed", so the commitment is worthless if there is not a brexit agreement. I am really bored providing the links to the law Lords ruling on the subject, so look it up your self.
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  8. Guillem Ochoa the eu is on a very sticky wicket if it tries to play the good faith card. It has repeatedly shown itself to be duplicitous in its attempts to keep the UK in the EU, one only needs to look at the position it has taken over the Galileo system or the UK funds held by the ECB. I doubt the EU will take the matter to an international court, as it knows it will lose, more likely it will try yet more blackmail.
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  9. Who Am I? Who wants to deal with a blackmailer. It is the eu thay cannot be trusted.
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  10. fabioshire97 the UK has not paid any bonds to the EU. The EU should also know that the UK could seize EU assets in the UK in retaliation to any action the EU might take.
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  11. Walter Rudich wrong again, the UK would be thought a fool if it paid a debt it does not owe. If there is no legal reason to pay, the UK credit rating will not be affected. There may be repercussions for the EU as it may not be seen as an honest broker. Those dealing with the EU will be wary of falling into the same blackmail trap.
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  12. Who Am I? You are wrong, a number of countries have offered support, they cannot understand why the UK has not been more assertive and stood up to EU blackmail.
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  13. Who Am I? If you think this is bad, wait til the UK government starts to take control of the utilities and infrastructure that has fallen into EU hands. Once free of the EU there are ways to make foreign ownership of this assets much less attractive.
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