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Quick thread on the Johnson letter to Tusk.
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Many (including @pmdfoster) have commented on the fact that it offers nothing new - 'trust us to find alternative arrangements to 'solve' the backstop issue' is not much of a pitch. 2/
My point here is that Johnson's stated aspiration, while not new, is somewhere between unrealistic and impossible. 3/
He wants no hard border in Ireland, and, at the same time, the freedom for the UK (including Northern Ireland) to diverge from EU single market rules. 4/
As @rdanielkelemen has neatly illustrated, that cannot be done. 5/
Any Brexit requires the making of hard choices. Choices which Johnson, like May before him, is not willing to acknowledge and to make. So... round and round we go. 6/6
