For bright post-Brexit horizons, the UK needs a warm front

This article is incorrect: "Given that the Brexit transition period ends on 31 December 2020..". There currently is no transition period. The only thing that is certain is that the UK will cease to be a member of the EU on 30 march 2019. There is agreement that there MAY be a transition period to the end of 2020, however there will be no transition if a trade deal is not struck. Indeed it currently is far safer to assume that there will be no transition because, as the EU has repeatedly pointed out, there has been no progress on trade or Irish border or other critical areas. The UK has ruled out the EU backstop to the Irish border issue. The UK continues to ask (beg) for association with EU programs such as Galileo, Horizon Europe, air travel bodies, pharma, medicines etc etc. The pathological UK 'cherry-picking" means that one should completely rule out a transition period.