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NEW: Liam Fox confirms UK would agree to checks on goods/food in N Ireland in event of no deal. (This is after the Irish said backstop would still have to apply in event of no deal) Fox told @r4Today that they could be done in “marketplace” and not border to comply with WTO 1/
Fox said it would be necessary to "protect the biosecurity" of the island of Ireland and in order to comply with the WTO measures.
Fox on N Ireland: "We would need to apply a small number of measures . . to protect the biosecurity of the island ... but they could be done in market places not at the border. Otherwise we would be in breach of our WTO obligations, but this would only be a temporary measure “
This is similar to backstop, but this is UK govt confirming for first time you can't just have wild west in N Ireland under WTO rules. Gove has admitted this too but not something many hard Brexiters understand theguardian.com/politics/2019/…
But note, Fox also said it would be good if the EU gave them something on the backstop...so forked tongues still apply to Tory Brexit
