A post-Brexit trade deal has been agreed - your views

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Brexit breakthrough

A post-Brexit trade deal has been agreed by negotiators from the UK and the European Union after months of talks and frantic last-minute wrangling.

Oak Tom

What a total spin from this hopeless government. For days they say prepare for no deal, then at the 11th hour after hard talking suddenly there is a deal, didn’t we do well, oh, and its Christmas Eve – too merry Christmas everyone take your mind of Covid - pathetic. So obvious what was going on here, the Tories can’t even spin without being bleeding obvious about it. Is this really the government we want running our country? I think not!

Jason Malone

It’s actually astonishing how many people think this is a good thing. It was and still is the biggest con of the 21st century. But it’s brilliant news for Scottish independence. Not long now.

Craig Marshall

Total cock up! Left us with nothing. Works both ways. I’d rather be able to travel free, trade free. They will never learn better to keep your enemies close. Full of their selves. Nowt great about Britain these days.

John Andrews

The spin doctors will be going into overdrive to portray it as something good. The devil is in the detail. Nothing will replace the right to move about, live, work and study in 27 other countries. The number of countries we can do that in now...?

Peter Serman

I'm sure the fishermen and farmers will be over the moon at being sold down the river yet again. Tory/Brexit voting morons deserve all they get.

David Black

Wonderful and the last thing Sturgeon wanted. A no deal would have played right into her hands. Now to get the trade deals with the likes of the US and Australia and many other countries. It's hilarious reading some of the comments already. The toys are certainly being thrown out of the pram. As is appropriate at this time, Ho, Ho, Ho.

George Buchanan

He also said 'being an independent nation was a good thing' - and that 'freedom offered lots of opportunities'. Scotland - he's given you the green light to go for independence.

Raymond Rose

The wonderful Erasmus programme, the European Union and UK student exchange programme established in 1987...GONE. Welcome to Brexit!

Peter Anderson

Christmas tip: Give the Brexiter in your life an empty box on Christmas morning and tell them it’s full of sovereignty. See their little faces light up!

John McRae

So they will be able to fish in UK waters for five and a half years. There won’t be any fish left, just like the Med

William Manson

Let’s close the Scottish border now. It’s not UK government it’s English government. But Nicola’s friends in Europe stuffed us as well with this.

Covid mutation

Nearly 40 per cent of new Covid-19 cases in Scotland caused by mutant 'highly transmissible' strain

Nathan Free

This is because people aren’t wearing their masks when they’re supposed to.

Ken Johnston

England will be devastated at having decommissioned the Nightingale hospital in London that they built to handle the virus. Wonder if they'll rebuild it?

Kev Heath

Why is this a surprise, I don’t understand. It’s a virus, they mutate and usually to be more infectious but less deadly. This is textbook, so what’s with the shock? Plus, it was discovered in Britain in September I believe.

Malcolm Purves

Me and my partner are stuck in a hotel in Edinburgh. He had it really bad a rash all over him. I'm not too bad, but we already had it in April.

Nick Paolozzi

When the flu has different strains each year, does it get called "mutant"?

William Dow

I see closing the border did not work then, Nicola?

Martin John McIntosh Tait

That’s because you allowed the freedom for people to do what they want and go where they want. Hopefully next its zombie apocalypse!

Adie Roebuck

I heard the new strain has been around since September. Hardly surprising it is in Scotland.

Stephanie Ng

Viruses mutate. That's just what they do.

PG DaCool Dk

To all the Covid-19 jokers, ye should all, be forced into an ICU for a 12-hour shift as porters! Yer job would be to take the Covid-19 dead doon to the inquest. Oh, and remember not to wear a mask!