We will leave the EU in six weeks - YUP ITS A LIE

So Boris and his team of Tories claim we will leave the EU in six weeks at the end of January.

BloJo has repeated this several times, others have repeated it on Radio and Mark Francois, deputy chairman of the European Research Group, has stated....

Looking to the future, he added: “Once we leave the European Union on January 31, we withdraw from its institutions.
“We are no longer part of the customs union, we are no longer part of the single market.
“We withdraw our MEPs from the European Parliament (sorry Nigel!) because quite rightly we no longer have rights to have seats.

Lets just look at that.

YUP ITS A LIE

The facts are, once BloJo has got his/Mayhems changed deal through parliament we then enter into a transition stage at the end of January. This is not leaving the EU.... to spell it out

• We will still be part of the customs union.
• Still be part of the single market.
• We will still be abiding by EU rules and regulation.
• We will still be paying into the EU budget.
• And we will still be paying into EU projects agreed during this transition period until they are completed.

Until the end of December 2020

That's just the simple version.......

I hope that clears things up for a few people .....and a few politicians including BloJo who either hasnt got a clue or is just carrying on with the pathological lying. The worrying thing being it seems to be spreading, other Tories are catching pathological lying and I never thought it was a transmittable disease.  

Transition
The transition - a period of time during which all of the current rules stay the same allowing the UK and the EU to negotiate their future relationship - is due to last until the end of December 2020.
The UK will need to abide by EU rules and pay into the EU budget, but will lose membership of its institutions.
The transition can be extended, but only for a period of one or two years.
Both the UK and EU must agree to any extension.

At the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020, the UK is set to exit the EU’s customs union and single market and enter newly negotiated arrangements. 

The Withdrawal Agreement ensures a smooth winding-down of current EU-UK arrangements during a transition period that lasts until 31 December 2020. The EU will treat the UK as if it were a Member State during the transition. 

The transition period can be extended once by a newly established EU-UK Joint Committee, as long as it decides to do so before 1 July 2020. 

During the transition, all EU legislation, rules and court decisions will continue to apply to and in the UK as if it were a Member State. 

This means the UK will continue to participate in the EU Customs Union and the Single Market (with all four freedoms) and all Union policies. 

Any changes to EU legislation or rules will automatically apply to the UK. 

The Withdrawal Agreement protects the rights of over three million EU citizens in the UK, and over one million UK nationals in EU countries, meaning they can continue to live, work or study as they currently do. 

It also outlines a financial settlement, ensuring the UK honours all financial obligations undertaken while it was a Member State. 

The amount will be determined by an agreed methodology that honours all joint commitments from the EU budget (2014-2020), including outstanding commitments at the end of 2020. 

That means all EU projects and programmes funded from the current EU budget and involving UK partners will continue to be financed until they’re completed.

LINKS
Brexit: What is in Boris Johnson's new deal with the EU?
Brexit: What happens now?
What is the Withdrawal Agreement Bill?
EU looks at extending Brexit transition period beyond 2020
Brexit countdown! Tory Mark Francois sets out exit timetable ‘DEFINITELY going to happen’
Brexit and Ireland