This reports that HMG could drop its threat to break international law if it gets a trade deal it likes. Optimists may hope that this is what is going on: a threat to increase leverage in negotiations. But there’s nothing optimistic about such a scenario.
thetimes.co.uk/article/limit-…
thetimes.co.uk/article/limit-…
Threatening to break the law if you don’t get your way is not how civilised countries work, it is the behaviour of rogue states outside the law. And if this is what HMG is thinking then they’re not just behaving like a rogue state. It’s much worse than that from a British POV.
They’re behaving like a rogue state without a clue. Because there is zero chance that this will work. And we’re heading for the worst of all possible outcomes for everyone but especially the U.K..
It’s much worse than no trade deal. It’s worse even, than leaving without an exit deal in January would have been. Because that scenario would not have involved sanctions & counter-sanctions, and that is where we seem headed. Unless HMG does the sensible thing, or MPs force it to
It’s not too late to prevent a disaster but people really do have to act now.
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