Q. Why did Frostie choose Lisbon for his "haka" to the EU?
A. Because the brexit press has turned "Lisbon" into a Pavlovian trigger word for Brexiters - like "Rosebud" for Doberman-pinschers - to shut down the frontal lobes and switch to conditioned reflex.
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A. Because the brexit press has turned "Lisbon" into a Pavlovian trigger word for Brexiters - like "Rosebud" for Doberman-pinschers - to shut down the frontal lobes and switch to conditioned reflex.
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Q.Why did he call it in such haste?
A. Because, unexpectedly, Sefcovic was about to offer major concessions on SPS, medicines, and representation of NI citz. He desperately had to find some other issue to manufacture a crisis out of: CJEU jurisdiction over EU law in NI.
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A. Because, unexpectedly, Sefcovic was about to offer major concessions on SPS, medicines, and representation of NI citz. He desperately had to find some other issue to manufacture a crisis out of: CJEU jurisdiction over EU law in NI.
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Q. Why did Sefcovic show such willingness to compromise on the other issues? Frostie was *certain* his usual mixture of insults, lies and provocations would result in the "no" he was looking for.
A. Sefcovic talked directly to NI bizz & community. They asked and he listened.
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A. Sefcovic talked directly to NI bizz & community. They asked and he listened.
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So Frostie was left scrambling desperately for something, ANYTHING, that he knew the EU simply could not give way on. Et voila: Frostie goes to Lisbon, to get his retaliation in first - in his own, uniquely odious, way.
Cometh the hour cometh the... um.."man" eh?
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Cometh the hour cometh the... um.."man" eh?
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