Not It!

I think it is a a game of " Not it!" Or as someone tried to explain it, "Think of a plate of spaghetti. Only the plate is missing, it’s all over the table and someone is crying,"

This is British Politics. 

Britain, hence forth, called " England" because they are the largest of the 4 states that make up the United Kingdom,  AKA as Britain. And England pretty much controls the other 3 "states." ( Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)

Lost? 

Don't feel bad, most Americans do too. 

England is trying to leave the European Union. It is a common market made up of most nations in Europe where there is free trade. 

Trouble is, England is wanting to leave without any pain. 

They want to "do their own thing" and still have free trade with Europe. Have an open border, between Ireland ( Which is a member of the European Union(EU) and Northern Ireland which is part of Britain.)

When we were in Ireland in March of this year, we did not know when we crossed from Ireland into Northern Ireland. There was not even a sign. Going from one nation to another with no customs. 

By the end of March, 2019, Britain is to leave the EU. It may cause a mess. 

It may shut off much needed pharmaceutical products made in the EU. The Germans may not be able to export cars to England after March. ( They export 800,000 a year to England)

There is a fear they will not be able to get food into the nation. Especially things like fresh vegetables and fruit. The government is already storing frozen veggies and fruit just in case.  

So, you ask, who not just import cars from America? Or fruits and veggies from America. 

Well, the way the new deal to exit the EU, the wording has it to where the English can't import anything from the U.S. 

The leader of the British Government, Prime Minister Theresa May survived a "No Confidence Vote" last evening. That is a vote where her on political party votes whether she should stay as Prime Minister. She won, but there were 1/3 of her party who voted against her. The trouble is this, no one else wants the job right now. 

It may get so bad May just resigns to get away from the mess of trying to negotiate a better deal. 

Lost? Confused? 

What I have explained is a very simplified version. It is very intricate if you really look at it. 

It gets much worse and I watch British news about an hour or two every day. I sometimes get lost with the wording on the minutia...and some of that minutia is  very important to England.....and the EU....

Okay....I may write on this later.....