The difficulty with this vein of commentary by @jamesrwebber is it boils down to “the govt forced through an unsustainable Brexit deal, fracturing the UK, without NI majority consent, & lied. But we should now pretend the inevitable consequences … aren’t, … because”. /1.
https://twitter.com/jamesrwebber/status/1411446605299998722
The NI Protocol isn’t the problem, although it’s certainly problematic. The NIP’s a (necessary), temporary compromise. It’s a sticking plaster over the gaping wound consciously created by @BorisJohnson & @DavidGHFrost with their legally binding, ‘oven ready Brexit deal’, …/2.
… the purpose of which was to get the keys to Downing Street, regardless of entirely foreseeable & foreseen consequences. There’s no sustainable outcome which doesn’t involve UK membership of the single market & customs union, or substantially identical arrangements. /3.
An SPS agreement (an oven-ready one’s available) would be a great start.
All this is entirely within the UK govt’s power. No one in the EU or US is going to stand in their way. It can be done immediately.
Pretending otherwise is all a bit pathetic. And highly dangerous. /4. End
All this is entirely within the UK govt’s power. No one in the EU or US is going to stand in their way. It can be done immediately.
Pretending otherwise is all a bit pathetic. And highly dangerous. /4. End
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