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Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas
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There seem to me to be three key paragraphs in the Attorney General's legal advice to the Prime Minister on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland - the 'backstop - in the Withdrawal Agreement.

Here they are. 1/4

Para 16: The Protocol will "endure indefinitely".
Para 30: The review mechanism does not provide a unilateral route out of the backstop. 2/4
Para 33 (conclusion): There is a legal risk that UK could become stuck in "protracted and repeating rounds of negotiations". 3/4 #Brexit #Art50
And the *really* weird thing is that the date on the Attorney General's advice suggests that the Cabinet did not get any formal legal advice from him before 13 November - the day MPs first asked for it to be published ... 🤔 4/4 #Brexit #Art50
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Sometimes on days like this when everyone's scrapping around to get heard on the budget it's worth remembering some simple facts.

This is a bit of a thread. #Budget2018
We live in one of the richest nations on earth yet we fail to provide everyone with a roof over their head.

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So here are a few ideas for our own Government ... 1/6
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What you need to know about the backstop: We can't leave it unless the EU agree we can. And that's a *good* thing.

You see, the backstop is a safety net, a guarantee that - no matter what the Government of the day wants - the Good Friday Agreement will always be safe.

#r4today
Another way of putting it: "Do you trust that every single UK Government, now and forever, will have our collective best interests at heart in its future dealings with the EU?"

If not, don't you think a backstop they can't tear up in a fit of pique sounds like a darn good idea?
Built-in protections prevent the situation from going out of control when stuff goes wrong. That's why plugs have fuses, train tracks have buffer stops, engines have limiters, baths have overflow pipes, skyjumpers have backup parachutes... and Brexit comes with a backstop.
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1/ Here are four highlighted (by me) paragraphs of the Attorney General's legal advice which I think sum up the very significant concerns he had over the uncertainty generated by the withdrawal agreement. Full advice here: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
2/ Para 16: the protocol (and therefore the customs arrangement) will endure indefinitely if no future trade arrangement is reached. Nothing in the agreement could compel the EU to conclude an agreement
3/ Para 23: the UK would be left having to "trust" that a conclusion to negotiations can be reached.
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Here is the Attorney General’s legal advice on the Brexit deal.
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5 slides on the #Brexit #Backstop for Northern Ireland/Ireland from @DPhinnemore and me.

1. Why there will be a Backstop in the Withdrawal Agreement.
Plus a synopsis of the EU and UK positions on the matter.

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2. What is already agreed (green), agreed in principle (yellow), and not agreed (white) in the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in the draft EU Withdrawal Agreement.
ec.europa.eu/commission/sit…
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3. What has been offered in writing from the UK government on this Backstop (Protocol).
Ref. the Technical Note on Temporary Customs Arrangements published today.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
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