Here are a few brisk extracts from Dominic Cummings’ latest blog: Risk, aggression, Brexit and Article 16 dominiccummings.substack.com/p/risk-aggress…
“The border in Ireland is messy and is doomed to stay messy for many years. The deal we signed is ambiguous enough to allow very wide interpretation.
We partly stick to the deal, partly ‘bend’ it on the ground but without making a fuss.
We partly stick to the deal, partly ‘bend’ it on the ground but without making a fuss.
“Like the Greeks do with EU laws every day. And we wait… If Brussels and France want to blow everything up because it’s messy, and they want to make the argument that total, Cartesian, ECJ standards are more important than peace, let them.
“I think that most in Europe are happy to focus elsewhere provided No10 does not force them to pay attention. As the stagnation and crises of the EU mount, and as it becomes increasingly clear that there is no Delors-like plan to revive the project…
“…they will be less and less inclined to spend time on intractable Irish border issues. If we get our act together, our hand will be stronger in a few years.”
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