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9 Dec, 4 tweets, 4 min read
So @michaelgove was just on @BBCr4today talking about NI protocol & #Brexit. He started with some basic points...

Re EU inspections: “What we have is EU officials visiting NI with an opportunity to watch UK officials making sure these checks are there.” 1/
@michaelgove @BBCr4today And then confirmed that there would be no Exit Summary Declarations NI-GB:

"No checks on goods going from Northern Ireland into Great Britain."

All good so far...but then the actualite started to get a bit stretched...as he continued by saying.../2
@michaelgove @BBCr4today “For businesses in Northern Ireland life will *continue as it has beforehand*, fully part of the United Kingdom, able to take advantage of our trade deals, as we leave the EU as one united country, and also *without border infrastructure*.” @MichaelAodhan
@Big_Kells
@Freight_NI/3
@michaelgove @BBCr4today @MichaelAodhan @Big_Kells @Freight_NI That might be a sentence worth returning to a year from now. ENDS

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