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Irish Foreign min/ Tanaiste @simoncoveney preemptively telling #Marr that a PM Johnson should not expect more than PM May. Says No Deal will only happen if House of Commons and a new PM chooses it.
Message directly to MPs already repeatedly voting against No Deal.
Message directly to MPs already repeatedly voting against No Deal.
important bit of Coveney was description of Alt Arrangements as “Effectively meaning a border on island of Ireland away from the border which would fundamentally disrupt the all Ireland economy”.
rejecting concept not just of checks at border but of moving checks away from it...
rejecting concept not just of checks at border but of moving checks away from it...
This came up, as I reported on Today last week, within some of the Government’s own Alternative Arrangements Working Groups - concern raised at downplaying of Joint Report 2017 in those group...
Basis of many of the Alternative Arrangements ideas is that the checks go from the border thanks to technology, but will be required elsewhere. It seems that ROIreland defines even these non-border checks (requiring security backup etc) as incompatible with Joint report and GFA
