This was exactly my very tentative thought. Suppose it DOES have that effect, and suppose the SA regime was 'robust' enough to satisfy EU. If so, there's potentially a ladder to climb down, taken in conjunction with ... 1/4
... @tconnellyRTE's thread about UK-Dublin discussions over customs formalities on the GB-NI border: . If all this was acceptable to EU (I know, big 'if') then potentially the NIP could be adapted *by agreement* & the SA obstacle to an FTA removed 2/4
BJ then presents to ERG & country that this is a great victory (removing the 'poison pill'), created by being 'tough', and deriving in the *first* instance from the unilateral decisions of the 'sovereign UK', to which the EU has 'bowed'. Then rush it all through. 3/4
So, politically the same manoeuvre as last year, with the removal of the backstop. Far-fetched, and needing a lot of grace from the EU. But not impossible IF as per T1, effect is specification of a robust enough UK SA regime?
Standing by to be told I am a total idiot 4/4
Standing by to be told I am a total idiot 4/4
