LORD HAIN
UK membership of EU facilitated the delivery of the agreement in a manner which respected both communities. It was the Johnson Govt’s CHOICE of a hard Brexit which has brought about the need for a BORDER IN THE IRISH SEA, to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland.
UK membership of EU facilitated the delivery of the agreement in a manner which respected both communities. It was the Johnson Govt’s CHOICE of a hard Brexit which has brought about the need for a BORDER IN THE IRISH SEA, to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland.
The land border is:
310 miles long
>200 crossing points
110 million people crossing annually
up to 30,000 crossing daily for work
NI Statistics & Research Agency estimates two-thirds of Northern Ireland-Republic of Ireland trade is linked to cross-border supply chains. 2/
310 miles long
>200 crossing points
110 million people crossing annually
up to 30,000 crossing daily for work
NI Statistics & Research Agency estimates two-thirds of Northern Ireland-Republic of Ireland trade is linked to cross-border supply chains. 2/
In view of potential consequences for increasing the TENSIONS within NI/Irish border communities, it's CHILLING to note Clause 47 explicitly disapplies Section 6(1) of the Human Rights Act, which requires public authorities to act in a way that is compatible with the ECHR!😱😢3/
This means that regulations made under these clauses CANNOT be struck down on the grounds of human rights, as they normally cd be as secondary legislation
Govt are now claiming that the deal they made with the EU in 2019 was “legally ambiguous” & NI would be isolated from UK..4/
Govt are now claiming that the deal they made with the EU in 2019 was “legally ambiguous” & NI would be isolated from UK..4/
—something which they say, implausibly🙄😜, was unforeseen last year. We need to ensure that these objectionable measures to disapply the protocol, which were not included in the Conservative manifesto😠 & are in conflict with Parliament’s approval of the WA, are voted down!5/
To those who want to defeat these amendments by arguing that they are superfluous & appealing to this House to “trust us”, I respond:
“We can’t trust you; we don’t trust you; you’ve proved, sadly, why we can’t trust you.”
Provisions do indeed propose to break #InternationalLaw!
“We can’t trust you; we don’t trust you; you’ve proved, sadly, why we can’t trust you.”
Provisions do indeed propose to break #InternationalLaw!
NOW READ THESE EXTRACTS from 'How to Lose a Country: 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship'!!
CHILLING warnings based on parallels of RW populism!!
CHILLING warnings based on parallels of RW populism!!
https://twitter.com/BlayneyDeborah/status/1322214862345408515?s=19
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