Abe cautions against Brexit regulation cliff edge

Abe is attempting to give advice about Brexit?

What experience does he have on such a matter？

And Japan has been stuck in a recessionary phase for years......

"When the UK leaves the EU, if the rules change overnight, there will be a concern about a possible confusion arising," Abe told reporters in London. Abe added that he wanted the UK to prioritise "a smooth and transparent process including setting a transition period."

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe needs to direct this caution as much at Brussels as London . There are two distinct agendas here.

Abe san could also offer access for UK government civil servants to tap advice from Japan's wealth of experienced and skilled trade negotiators. They have experience of complex techniques, strategies and tactics from years of EU- Japan FTA negotiations.

At this special summit is/was their an outcome or a serious alternative other than unanimity? The four minutes it took to agree so uncompromisingly inflexible threats and demands reveals intransigence from a fragile negotiating position and angry frustration.   

To demand rights of EU citizens in the UK when the Home Office is actively quantifying and mapping EU citizens currently residing in the UK, net economic contributions against allowance/social benefits costs to evaluate and apply filters, indicates decisions into the future status of some 3/4 million are to be implemented at will.

The serious UK response is blatantly indicative and obvious, from the moment EU citizens are required to fill out an 85-page permanent residency form and have to provide certified accountable proof of net economic value. Although I understand some punitive measures have been scaled back.

Agreed with zichi. However, its a bit late. Nowadays the UK has fundamentally changed, mostly taken over by those who were originally from Countries the British "Colonised", it's a hotbed for home grown Terrorism under the name of "Islam", and even Sharia law has been proposed to run in parallel to the Law of the land. You cant express an opinion there without being hauled into court for offending someones feelings, and the Private-School Tory Government has been found to have been manipulating the Education system to suit their own Policitical agenda to the detriment of unfortunate Pupils. Why would anyone wish to live in the UK anyway ?

I think it is a fair assumption that both the EU and the UK are in need of a reality check.

Any semblance of common sense compromise has been overridden by pique indignation and the relentless compulsion for recrimination. One of the most bizarre predicaments would be if a situation were to occur where the EU 27 and the UK failed to agree the formal agenda for negotiations to begin.