Struggling to understand what is happening in Cornwall? So am I.
As Mr Johnson says, "the EU "misunderstand that the UK is a single country and a single territory" and the EU " just need to get that into their heads"
news.sky.com/story/brexit-b…
As Mr Johnson says, "the EU "misunderstand that the UK is a single country and a single territory" and the EU " just need to get that into their heads"
news.sky.com/story/brexit-b…
Except it isn't, and hasn't been for a long time, as Northern Ireland has been different from GB since it was created and the NI Protocol clearly placed NI & GB in separate markets, as was obvious to anyone who read it
davidallengreen.com/2021/06/the-go…
davidallengreen.com/2021/06/the-go…
... which may not have included the UK Prime Minister
https://twitter.com/ukiswitheu/status/1403850011545272321?s=20
But if the UK is a single territory, why is he creating "freeports" that will quite explicitly be separate in very many ways?
https://twitter.com/bakerstherald/status/1403950445979222018?s=20
And anyway, the argument over sausages is simply daft - the chance of NI running out of them is inconceivable:
https://twitter.com/martinmckee/status/1402357858117750792?s=20
So maybe this is a good time to recall Lord Carson's words in 1921:
"What a fool I was! I was only a puppet, and so was Ulster, and so was Ireland, in the political game that was to get the Conservative Party into Power"
"What a fool I was! I was only a puppet, and so was Ulster, and so was Ireland, in the political game that was to get the Conservative Party into Power"
After all, picking fights with others, in trade or culture wars, are a great way of diverting attention from your own problems, as @NickCohen4 describes eloquently
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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