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8 Jul, 13 tweets, 4 min read
From this thread it is more of the same of the UK government turning the passive-aggressive on the Northern Ireland protocol up to 11 only partially aware (as do most who do this) of what they are doing
From an informal translation of Barnier's negotiation diaries...
I guess needing to sign a treaty to win an election and hoping to renounce it later counts as "extraordinary circumstances" though others might simply call it naivety or lying
There is something very odd about this story, about the suggestion the protocol might end the supply of kosher food (why?) from GB or that kosher food from Dublin to Belfast is too expensive (again, why?).
Anyone with knowledge of the global jewish community knows there are small pockets all over the world, which somehow manage to get kosher food, yet uniquely Belfast will not be able to do so? I'm sorry, I simply don't believe this.
Formal document of UK government complaints about the agreement the UK government signed coming soon. TL:DR "we didn't realise the other side expected us to honour a treaty we signed"
Simply pathetic and frankly not credible that the UK government had an "understanding" a treaty would work differently to the actual content, when they were specifically told otherwise. No surprise EU patience with this is zero.
Grace periods, discussions on implementing EU regulations, UK officials carrying out checks, regular meetings... what I think though the UK means by the EU showing flexibility is not to enforce the protocol in any form.
Aha, government to publish details of their latest attempt to make equivalence the answer to Northern Ireland and Brexit. Unlikely to be any more acceptable than it has been for the last few years we have been trying to do this.
I think this is more of the same UK government approach to the NI protocol - to believe it can force the EU to change through threats and apparently plausible solutions. While not actually breaching treaty flagrantly to not upset the US. Won't work.
What I take from all this latest UK government talk of the Northern Ireland protocol is they still want to escape from the commitments made, still blame the EU for everything, still think equivalence / alternative arrangements will work, still won't walk away. Still stalemate.
Very much this
More on the Northern Ireland / jewish kosher food question. Appears to be more about the extra paperwork faced by a single supplier, rather than a general problem with protocol regulations.

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9 Jul
Good article. Those of us who didn't just discover going to football this week know that @david_conn has been one of our best writers on the subject for some years. theguardian.com/football/2021/…
More good reading ahead of Sunday. This time making the important point of English football improving as a result of greater international competition. Well, of course I had to get a trade point in there... ft.com/content/a626d7…
Not that it will make any difference to the long term politics, but of course this England team is on the open, generous, tolerant, internationally competitive side of the culture war, rather than the closed, outraged, blustering nostalgia which this government rides.
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8 Jul
Am going to take my time to carefully consider my prediction for the final now I'm on a roll, since I have been asked... #humblebrag
Having previously said Italy would be 'favoured' in a final against England I have to decide whether to stick with this, their victory over Spain somewhat less comfortable than it might have been.
To get to a major final you really have to be good at not losing, and England and Italy are the two teams who deserve to be in the final. On that basis you can't expect anything other than a tough, pretty even game.
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7 Jul
Still not over 1990 to be honest.
Not quite the quality of the other semi final if we're being honest. Still think England will shade this.
Well, did say Denmark were a good side, but plenty of time yet.
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7 Jul
My review of Brexit and UK trade policy six months in is summed up in two contradictory statements:

- Global Britain does not require the EU
- Nissan need an EU deal otherwise they won't stay

Which given Brexit must be a 'success' means problems...

ecipe.org/blog/unresolve…
It becomes increasingly clear that difficult stakeholder relationships and lack of innovation in UK trade policy is a feature not a bug of this government. Because it cannot be honest about Brexit, about the fact the pure Brexit it wants is not actually deliverable.
Similarly there is no detailed trade strategy, because that would open up questions about the EU relationship which the government doesn't want. Similarly no impact assessment of freeports, which would be rather inconvenient. The government doesn't want to get over Brexit.
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6 Jul
Spain starting better than I expected, still think if England get to the final I'd rather play them than Italy though.
Spain did to Italy what Italy did to Belgium, except for scoring. Two good teams, fancy Italy to improve second half.
Absolutely this, think the Italians shaded the facial hurt when a decision went against them
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6 Jul
Sorry, a UK-EU 'Swiss style' veterinary agreement isn't happening any time soon, and it doesn't help the EU to keep mentioning this, just as it doesn't help the UK to deny what they signed up for.
The EU should equally be aware that 'legal action' over the Northern Ireland protocol is not quite the threat it might seem short of suspending tariff preferences. rte.ie/news/brexit/20…
The stalemate over the Northern Ireland protocol is a factor of UK and EU both refusing to do what the other wants, unable to threaten much apart from a trade war neither actually want, and nervous of going too far to stir up other side. We are truly, properly stuck.
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