Yahoo News The Brexit situation is a 'shambles': your best comments on the Guardian today
Discussion today looks at the latest from Brexit secretary David Davis as he retracts his suggestion that the UK could back out of its Brexit deal on the Irish border. We also follow the latest on plunging temperatures in the UK and the travel chaos it has created.
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David Davis seeks to heal rift with Ireland over Brexit deal - Politics live
Brexit secretary describes deal as a “statement of intent”, leading Irish government to insist it will hold UK to phase one agreement. Our readers share their thoughts
‘This is a shambles. A complete national embarrassment’
So if we are to believe what David Davis has said both on the Marr Show yesterday, and LBC this morning, the deal that was announced to great fanfare on Friday in Brussels wasn’t really a deal after all and we can walk out on it, or pick and choose bits of it as we see fit. Really?
Well, if both sides don’t honour what was apparently agreed last week, how can we credibly move on to Phase 2? And is Britain a reliable enough party to do a proper, legally binding deal with? This is a shambles. A complete national embarrassment!
fortyniner
Anorexia is a mental illness. Treat it properly
Readers share their experiences of the help that is available to those who have eating disorders in Britain.
‘I know a brilliant facility in Denmark. It’s taken seriously’
This is taken very seriously in Denmark, there is a specialist psychiatric clinic at the hospital just for young people.
My son, a type 1 diabetic, is also being treated for manic depression/borderline schizophrenia there and I know of two friend’s who have kids being treated for anorexia at the same facility. Unlike the diabetes clinic, he wasn’t simply transferred to the adult world on the day he turned 18. But the psychiatric clinic keeps them until they reach 25, nursing them through the university years so to speak ...
It’s a brilliant facility, set in calming grounds of lawns and trees with the ability to take patients overnight if required. I can say with confidence that they have saved countless young lives there, steering so many kids away from suicide and substance abuse.
Coverly
Snow and ice disrupts travel across UK as hundreds of schools close – live
Heavy snowfall has led to travel chaos on the roads and rail, with flights also cancelled. Readers have been discussing this.
‘Light dustings of snow cause travel chaos’
We are never prepared for snow, light dustings cause traffic jams as people forget how to drive, some lose control and end up crashing into lampposts, Schools are closed, trains cancelled, buses are late.
I remember in 2010 when we got a lot of snow, I bought some winter tyres made by a brilliant Finnish company, My Norwegian work colleague recommended them to me. The grip was quite astonishing, being able to drive in thick snow and up steep hills is something else.
I felt proud of myself, my mate was like “Big deal, we do this every winter.”
