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Worth outlining in full Lady Sylvia Hermon's Q to the PM in @HouseofCommons this afternoon (16:59).
And his response, which doesn’t answer the Q & which presents as a ‘simple fact’ something easily provable as untrue & which only serves to fuel the fears of unionists in NI.
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And his response, which doesn’t answer the Q & which presents as a ‘simple fact’ something easily provable as untrue & which only serves to fuel the fears of unionists in NI.
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@HouseofCommons Lady Hermon says she thinks the PM “owes the people of N.Ireland some explanation as to why he and his govt have treated for treating the @BelfastAgmt with such a careless & cavalier manner.
That Agreement has kept stability & #peace in NI since it was signed 21 years ago.”
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That Agreement has kept stability & #peace in NI since it was signed 21 years ago.”
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@HouseofCommons @BelfastAgmt “It is reported that the Crown Solicitor’s Office has advised the govt that a #NoDeal #Brexit would be in contravention of the 1998 Agmt."
Hermon calls on PM "to publish today in full -& he owes it to the people of NI & to the House- any legal advice he has received" on this.
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Hermon calls on PM "to publish today in full -& he owes it to the people of NI & to the House- any legal advice he has received" on this.
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@HouseofCommons @BelfastAgmt Johnson's reply: “I thank the Rt Hon lady & I know that she has been a long standing campaigner for #peace in NI.
*However* I must respectfully say to her that actually it is the backstop & the withdrawal agreement itself that undermines the balance of the Good Friday Agmt."
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*However* I must respectfully say to her that actually it is the backstop & the withdrawal agreement itself that undermines the balance of the Good Friday Agmt."
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@HouseofCommons @BelfastAgmt “…because, after all, in important matters it gives a greater preponderance to the voice of Dublin in the affairs of N.Ireland than it does to the UK, the UK having left the EU.
[turns to Tory benches]
That is a simple fact & I don’t think it is widely enough understood.”
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[turns to Tory benches]
That is a simple fact & I don’t think it is widely enough understood.”
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@HouseofCommons @BelfastAgmt He continues:
“So that is one of the reasons why the #withdrawalagreement itself is in conflict
ah with the ah,
with the ah,
with the ah
withdrawal agreement,
and with the Good Friday Agreement.
As for the advice she is asking about I have not seen any such advice.”
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“So that is one of the reasons why the #withdrawalagreement itself is in conflict
ah with the ah,
with the ah,
with the ah
withdrawal agreement,
and with the Good Friday Agreement.
As for the advice she is asking about I have not seen any such advice.”
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@HouseofCommons @BelfastAgmt A simple fact?
Ah.
No.
All decisions on legislation applying in N.Ireland will be made in Stormont (if/when restored) & in Westminster.
*IF* (a) backstop is in play, (b) it's there for a long time, (c) there's sharp & wide UK-EU divergence, HMG #Protocol analysis says this:
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Ah.
No.
All decisions on legislation applying in N.Ireland will be made in Stormont (if/when restored) & in Westminster.
*IF* (a) backstop is in play, (b) it's there for a long time, (c) there's sharp & wide UK-EU divergence, HMG #Protocol analysis says this:
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