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Geoffrey Cox has abandoned attempts to secure a hard time-limit or unilateral exit mechanism to Irish backstop
The aims, which represent the central demands of Eurosceptics, are considered too 'blunt' and have been rejected by EU
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/…
Geoffrey Cox has abandoned attempts to secure a hard time-limit or unilateral exit mechanism to Irish backstop
The aims, which represent the central demands of Eurosceptics, are considered too 'blunt' and have been rejected by EU
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/…
Geoffrey Cox now focusing on an enhanced 'arbitration mechanism' that allows UK and EU to give formal notice that they want to break off from backstop
UK wants independent arbitration panel to decide whether backstop can end
EU is flatly rejecting - it wants ECJ to have role
UK wants independent arbitration panel to decide whether backstop can end
EU is flatly rejecting - it wants ECJ to have role
Steve Baker on Cox abandoning backstop time-limit & unilateral exit:
'This seems to indicate a satirical approach to fulfilling Brady amendment.
'Brady required you replace backstop with alternative arrangements
'That's light years away from tweaking arbitration mechanisms'
'This seems to indicate a satirical approach to fulfilling Brady amendment.
'Brady required you replace backstop with alternative arrangements
'That's light years away from tweaking arbitration mechanisms'
Cabinet ministers increasingly pessimistic that Cox compromise will be enough to win over the ERG and it's star chamber of lawyers
As @alexwickham revealed over the weekend, discussions in Cabinet are already moving on to talk of MV2, MV3 and beyond...
As @alexwickham revealed over the weekend, discussions in Cabinet are already moving on to talk of MV2, MV3 and beyond...
