Brexit is an oncoming reality.  Have you thought more as a Spanish person, or more on what that would mean to the British person?  There are quite a few Spanish people working and living there, or vice-versa, British living in Spain.  What does this all mean to them?

Many comments I’ve heard have to do with «whose fault it was»… thinking that it was the young vote who «brought this on».

This video:

Brexit, explained at a fast pace, including explanations of the process and exactly where they are at and what it means, and what is to be expected (so far).

I suggest that you take the time and print out the transcription, check out the interesting vocabulary, and watch the video a few times.  This is a fast pace, even if English was your first language, so please, do not get frustrated.

Suggestions on how to listen:

  • Lower level:  Print out the trancription, underline key vocabulary.  Listen to the video and detect when those words are said, underlining as you go.
  • Mid – high level:  Read the transcription once through, at a normal pace, not looking up vocabulary.  After doing so, write down some pertinent questions.  These questions can be related to the text, or about things that you are not sure if you read or not, searching for information.
    • Listen to the video without the transcript, looking for this information.
    • The second time around, listen with the trancript, stopping when necessary.
  • High level: listen and enjoy. After having heard it once, write down some questions for yourself, and listen again.  See how you do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transcript:

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so it seems that after months of
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negotiations the UK has finally reached
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an agreement with the EU negotiators
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Teresa may present the deal to her
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cabinet the reaction was well let’s say
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mixed the proposed deal passed through
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cabinet but not without casualties
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dominic Rob and Esther McVeigh resigned
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from their cabinet positions as a result
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of May’s deal before we get him the
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contents of the deal let’s quickly cover
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what will happen to the deal now it’s
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been agreed to by EU and UK negotiators
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which is the first step then it was
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agreed to by Mae’s cabinet the second
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step now it needs to be approved by the
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EU summit which is set to take place on
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the 25th of November then it will need
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to pass through the UK’s House of
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Commons likelies happen in the beginning
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of December we discussed if it will pass
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through the house and another one of our
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videos and next week we’re set to
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release a video on what will likely
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happen at the EU summit so subscribe to
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make sure you’re kept up-to-date when
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that video comes out so what’s actually
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in May’s plan what would it mean for the
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UK post break set the document dives
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into three key aspects of the deal the
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financial settlement between the UK and
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the EU the rights of UK citizens in the
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EU and EU citizens in the UK and the way
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that they’re going to prevent a hard
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border between the Republic of Ireland
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and Northern Ireland
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despite the document being very lengthy
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of 585 pages only 7 pages have spent
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discussing the future trading
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relationship between the EU and UK the
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full negotiations of future trade is
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still yet to come so the brevity of this
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section isn’t exactly surprising let’s
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start with an area probably caused the
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most problems to the UK and EU
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negotiators the border between Ireland
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and Northern Ireland I know we’ve talked
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about this in a lot of other videos but
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let me just cover the background quickly
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for more than 30 years there was
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conflict at the border between Ireland
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and Northern Ireland with unionists and
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nationalists fighting for the future of
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their nations nationalists wanted to see
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Northern Ireland become independent from
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the UK while unionists were in favour of
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Northern Ireland remaining in the United
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Kingdom this conflict continued until
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1998 when both sides reached a
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compromise
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the result of the compromise is the Good
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Friday Agreement
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this deal meant that Northern Ireland
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remained part of the UK however Northern
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Irish citizens were allowed to hold both
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British and Irish citizenship on top of
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this the deal permitted the Northern
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Irish to leave the UK and join Island in
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the future this deal was designed to
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keep both sides happy with the
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Nationalists being able to gain Irish
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citizenship and unionists satisfied that
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Northern Ireland was remaining within
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the UK the result of the Good Friday
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Agreement was that hard borders and
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crossing points became a thing of the
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past
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the border became more open and people
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and goods were able to pass freely
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between nations without checks or
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borders post brexit that could be set to
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change that’s because back in January
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2017 may declare that the UK would leave
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both the single market and Customs Union
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no longer with the Republic of Ireland
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and Northern Ireland be fellow EU nation
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sharing common rules and tariffs
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instead the border between the two would
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be an outer EU border so how does May
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proposed resolving this issue well the
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deal assumes a comprehensive free trade
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agreement will be signed between the EU
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and UK’s between March 29 2019 when the
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UK actually leaves the EU and the end of
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the transition phase at the end of 2020
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this means that the free trade agreement
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doesn’t need to come into force until
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January 2021 as the transition phase is
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set to continue until December 31st 2020
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during the transition phase the UK will
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continue to follow au rules and customs
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regulations meaning that while we’re in
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the transition phase the border can stay
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open as the UK and EU will continue
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following the same rules it’s only at
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the end of the transition period when
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the UK no longer has to follow EU rules
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that the whole Northern Ireland border
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issue comes back
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therefore the EU and UK are hoping to
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reach a trade agreement before March
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2021 to ensure that the transition can
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end and that a hard border doesn’t need
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to return now this might just sound like
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them kicking the problem down the road
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after all they’ve had two and a half
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years to reach a deal on leaving was to
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say that in the 21 months after the UK
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leaves the EU they’ll be able to reach a
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free trade agreement because of this
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exact issue the EU insisted on having a
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backstop in place if there were no
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backstop Ireland would still be in the
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EU and Northern Ireland would leave
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meaning that a hard border would likely
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return
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long time the EU suggested a backstop
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agreement which left Northern Ireland in
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the EU customs union part of the single
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market and within the EU svey AC system
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until a final deal is reached this would
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mean that until a free trade deal is
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reached between the UK and EU Northern
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Ireland would remain close to the EU and
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as such there wouldn’t be any need for a
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hard border however May rejected this
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deal as it’s only Northern Ireland who
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staying close to the EU essentially
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shifting the border into the Irish Sea
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the concern that many Brits have is this
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could potentially damage the overall
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Union and could be a step towards
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Northern Ireland leaving the UK
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altogether the UK’s counteroffer was
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that the entirety of the UK would remain
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in the customs union instead of just
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Northern Ireland a proposal which the EU
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rejected both sides ended up reaching a
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compromise in the proposed deal the EU
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accepted that the entirety of the UK
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would remain in the EU customs union
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until the end of the transition period
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and the UK accepted but they weren’t
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allowed to leave until the EU said so
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essentially the backstop and Mays deal
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means that the whole of the UK stays in
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the EU customs union unless and until
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the EU agrees that the UK leaving won’t
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result in a hard border
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this essentially continues the
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transition period indefinitely with the
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deal rather ominously noting that the
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Joint Committee could make a decision
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extending the transition period up to
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the 31st of December 20xx that’s not a
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typo
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they simply mean that the transition
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period could be extended until the end
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of the century while the UK is in this
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transition period the agreement requires
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that the UK observed level playing field
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commitments which means that they have
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to stay in alignment with the EU on
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competition and state aid as well as
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employment and environmental standards
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tax and the rulings of the European
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Court of Justice okay so you clicked on
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a video about trees and Mays deal and
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all I’ve done so far is bang on about
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how hard it will be for May to pass a
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deal backstops and there’s three of the
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border surely there can’t be so little
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in those 585 pages but I’m forced to pad
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this much pad so much in fact that I’m
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getting introspective about the fact
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that I’m padding so let’s write over
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some of the other key points the UK has
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agreed in the proposed bill to pay the
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EU a 39 billion pound divorce settlement
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I discussed the reasons behind a divorce
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settlement at length
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in another video but essentially the
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payment comes in two parts payments
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towards the –use budget and outstanding
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commitments in 2014 the UK agreed to pay
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towards the –use budget until the end
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of the current budgeting period in 2020
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so some of the divorce settlement goes
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towards keeping this promise the UK has
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also agreed to fund a large number of EU
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projects the divorce payment means that
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the UK is continuing to pay what it
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promised initially as long as the
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project in question is completed before
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2030 this means that the UK could
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continue paying for projects taking
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place in the EU long after leaving
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however the reverse is also true with EU
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nations forced to contribute what they
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promised to pay towards EU projects
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based in the UK the rights of EU
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citizens in the UK and UK citizens in
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the EU seem to be fully protected by
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May’s proposed deal which isn’t
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surprising considering the UK and EU
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have agreed on this for months
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EU citizens will be allowed to move to
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the UK and until the end of the
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transition currently set for 2020
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they’ll be allowed to live and work in
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the UK and if they stay for five
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consecutive years they’ll be allowed to
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stay in the UK permanently the same is
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true for UK citizens living in the EU
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the UK is set to continue stockpiling
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medicines without a trade deal in place
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the UK can’t rely on the fact they’ll be
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able to continue importing medicines
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from the EU post brexit so as a
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precautionary measure the UK will
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probably continue stockpiling drugs the
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NHS also will be hit by the loss of EU
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staff while EU staff in the UK can apply
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to become permanent residents as we just
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discussed it’s possible that many won’t
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do this and will end up returning to the
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EU financial services are incredibly
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important to UK with a large percentage
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of the UK’s GDP coming from that sector
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currently UK companies are able to work
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with EU clients using pass porting
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rights essentially pass sporting rights
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allow UK banks to operate in EU nations
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without having to set up subsidiaries in
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each country the proposed deal only
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gives London’s financial centre basic
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access to EU markets known as
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equivalents falling short of the access
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granted by pass porting rights
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equivalents means that countries can
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only do business with the EU if the
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European Commission determines that
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their regulations and standards of the
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country are close enough to the EU
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this isn’t ideal considering that the
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rights of equivalents can be revoked
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with just 30 days notice also there’s no
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real legal agreement on what constitutes
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equivalents so it’s likely that a
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commission will force the UK to accept
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standards it doesn’t like in order to
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remain equivalent
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this is especially worrying for sectors
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where equivalence isn’t accepted or
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recognized as a concept of EU law sex is
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including the commercial banking
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industry and primary insurance the
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financial conduct authority said that if
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the UK loses past sporting rights UK
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banks could lose up to 9 billion pounds
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which would have ripple effects through
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the economy and employment when it comes
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to travel free movement of people will
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end meaning UK citizens will no longer
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have the right to move or work the EU
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countries without a visa the same
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applies to EU citizens coming to the UK
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despite this visa-free travel will allow
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Brits to visit the EU without the need
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for a visa and vice-versa
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the deal doesn’t make clear what will
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happen to UK universities after 2020
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universities in the UK currently benefit
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from EU research funding but this is set
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to stop when the UK leaves the EU the
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deal sets out no provisions related to
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this so we don’t currently know what
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will happen to UK university funding or
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to the EU students and academics
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currently at UK unis know brexit video
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will be complete without talking about
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farming or fish the UK says that when it
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leaves the EU it will become an
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independent coastal states this means
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that the UK will be consulted on fishing
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opportunities and invited to comment on
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EU fishery policies the new plan likely
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means that the UK would be allowed to
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choose who has access to their waters
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and as such the UK probably won’t allow
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the EU to continue freely accessing its
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waters however some have complained the
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proposed deal lacks clarity with the
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Scottish fishing industry saying that
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the deal isn’t clear enough this should
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be concerning to me as the 13 Scottish
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Conservative MPs have said that they
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vote against any bill which doesn’t meet
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the needs of the Scottish fishing
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industry for farming the deal sets the
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UK up to leave the Common Agricultural
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Policy in March 2019 the future
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agricultural relationship between the UK
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and EU will then be arranged during the
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transition phase in Parliament on
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Tuesday Theresa May said that
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negotiations had not been a comfortable
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process
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and neither the UK or EU were totally
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happy with the deal the question is if
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both sides are happy enough with the
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deal for it to pass to the EU summit and
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on to Parliament to stay up to date with
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