Withdrawal agreementOne election battleground will be about the withdrawal agreement recently agreed by Boris Johnson with the EU. At one end is Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party, which wants the newly-negotiated withdrawal deal abandoned, saying it is “not Brexit”. Transition periodIf the UK leaves with a withdrawal agreement, then it enters what is called the transition period – sometimes referred to in the UK as the implementation period. The future relationshipThe future relationship is the details of future trade and other arrangements between the EU and UK due to be negotiated after the UK leaves. A Corbyn win would offer the hope of a softer Brexit, but also the uncertainty of re-opening the withdrawal deal.

Source: The Irish Times November 06, 2019 16:30 UTC