Brexit is topping the news again today. But it is puzzling to see how the arguments are framed.
We are not 'back in 2019', though we face the same challenges as we did then. 1/7
We are not 'back in 2019', though we face the same challenges as we did then. 1/7
In case people have forgotten, Brexit was 'done'. The Withdrawal Agreement, the NI Protocol, and, later, the TCA (Trade and Cooperation Agreement) were agreed - by the EU and the UK. 2/7
These agreements involve a lot of commitments on both sides. They establish a set of Committees in which ongoing issues will be addressed. They include dispute resolution procedures. 3/7
Within those structures, there is scope for compromise, and for the resolution of problems which arise. There has been a lot of 'imaginative thinking' (see eg a piece today by @AntonSpisak), most of it ignored. 4/7
The Govt approach is not to seek to find ways to make the Protocol work, but to seek to undermine it. 5/7
It rails against 'legal purism' on the EU side - an argument demolished by @davidallengreen earlier today. 6/7
https://twitter.com/law_and_policy/status/1402673210399899650?s=20
In 2019 the challenge was to define, and reify, Brexit.
That is what the various agreements have done.
The challenge now for the Govt and for the EU is to make those agreements work. 7/7
That is what the various agreements have done.
The challenge now for the Govt and for the EU is to make those agreements work. 7/7
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