At some point a UK government will realise their negotiating hand is strengthened by having Parliamentary support, and also by being open to discussion. Instead since 2016 it has been secrecy, contempt for Parliament and failure. telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
No, the fights between the executive and legislature over Brexit in 2018 and 2019 were not the way to do it either, that also came from an executive trying to ignore Parliament and failing.
And back on Northern Ireland, it looks like the UK negotiating position remains the absolutist "our way or the highway". Older readers may recall the UK red line on any level playing field provision that led to the strictest provisions ever in an FTA...
https://twitter.com/ShonaMurray_/status/1460886809081229313
Unfortunately the idea that UK threats have won compromises from the EU is growing despite evidence being virtually entirely to the contrary. From Northern Ireland (1st time round) to fish, level playing field, financial services, the story if of the UK failing to get our asks.
To be entirely accurate it is always the Prime Minister that backs down from the threats, leaving his negotiators threats rather empty. And probably will be again in the case of Article 16, at least using it to dismantle the protocol (a more limited use quite possible).
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