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In a functioning political system this article by Lisa Nandy on what a compromise Brexit means to her would be more significant to those chasing unicorns at the Irish border ft.com/content/876d8e…
See also from @HenryNewman "Ireland must know that it will never be abandoned. The U.K. seeks reassurance that the backstop will not be permanent" - the first means the backstop has to stay, unequivocally. Second can never be binding due to the first politico.eu/article/northe…
If there is an "alternative arrangements" subgroup of MPs, political fairness and Commons numbers ought to demand there should also be a "customs union" subgroup. Indeed, this is now a fairly open goal for Corbyn (so he'll probably miss)
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I am excited to hear about the launch of a proposed Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement between the EU and the UK tomorrow. Premature but perhaps there will be some new thinking...
Then it starts to get worrying.... "Written by international trade policy experts and supported by senior UK politicians" who could these people be? Haven't heard any rumours from the main UK experts...
And then the speaker list...

The Rt Hon David Davis MP, former Brexit Secretary

The Rt Hon Greg Hands MP, former Trade Minister

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Well, you can't fault the productivity, every month a new report...
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David Henig
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I've already written on why Malthouse is an absolute non-starter for the Commission, mostly focusing on the fact it clearly doesn't offer an Ireland border solution. But in fact go back to the source material, and the flaws are obvious... short thread 1/
The essential parts of the compromise are a transition period to 2021 and an underlying free trade agreement. The first though is a deadline of the sort the Commission has repeatedly declined, so all hangs on the trade agreement 2/
First of all, the trade agreement specifically excludes Geographical Indications. Their inclusion is an absolute Commission red line. And are excluded, according to the author, to allow a UK-US trade deal. Unacceptable to EU and most member states 3/
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I'm going to gamble here and explain why I disagree with @pmdfoster over his interpretation of the Commission's messaging on tech fixes in the past few days. Gamble because he is usually right, but I think there's a missing negotiator's context 1/
This is the central argument - that by destroying the backstop now the Commission are removing a ladder the ERG could climb down at the last minute. But I think the Commission think the PM removed this last week and want to make that clear 2/
The Brexit deal as constructed to the PM's recipe relied on ignoring the fact that there were no technology solutions to the Irish border, pretending that there would be in the future relationship. Kick the can down the road, keep the Conservatives united 3/
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