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Jun 27, 2022 12 tweets 4 min read Read on X
The DUP have published a document about the NIP, so let's have a dip in, shall we?

mydup.com/news/time-to-r…

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The document is mostly a list of problems, starting off with this one

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The mention of 'the courts' should remind us that none of the legal challenges have found the Protocol in contravention of UK laws, most recently in the Court of Appeal

judiciaryni.uk/sites/judiciar…

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Next up, economic costs

A big pile of money is mentioned, with a footnote

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The Ulster references don't lead to anything public, but the Strathclyde piece does make clear that costs are relative to no Brexit, which is possibly not quite what the DUP is aiming for

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fraserofallander.org/the-new-northe…
On the lack of cross-community consent, I leave you to complete the logical extension of the sentiment

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Some sympathy for this one, although treaty-making is still reserved to London and DUP did campaign for Leave in #EURef and upholds GFA

Maybe there's an answer further on

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As for this one, I guess DUP has taken a consistent stance on this, for all other rights

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Eeek

(and yes, not all the processes are in place)

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So solutions then, for all these obvious problems

There is a solution, right?

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Oh

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In sum: an encapsulation of the issues, as seen by the DUP, and the lack of evident alternative

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thoughts to follow, but first impression is this is at least as much about presentation as substance

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65ba3b7b…
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Let’s start with a model world, with 3 states

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In this world, each state has some different regulations (each arrow): how much arrow point in the same direction shows how much they match up with their counterpart in other countries

(yes, it's more complicated than this, but you get the drift)

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Each of these regulations forms some kind of barrier to trade

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Since it's obviously #REULDay, you probably need to check out the govt's own records on this

Mainly because they're less than ideal

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Since the middle of last year, the govt has been running a #REUL dashboard, notable mainly for the very infrequent updates it gets

gov.uk/government/pub…

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Regular readers will know I've been doing a monthly tracker here, with a full databook available to you good people

bit.ly/REULTrackerDat…

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A quick parsing of the #REULBill u-turn

tl;dr the ice feels a bit thin for No.10, compared to the post-Windsor glow

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You will recall that Windsor was notable as much for the lack of pushback by CON backbenchers as for its content

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At the time, I put this down more to a collective action problem than any substantive agreement over the Framework's content



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Welcome change, but still not the 'certainty' it seems

gov.uk/government/new…

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But no word on everything else

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It's #EuropeDay, so let's read the letter from the EU27 ambassadors in today's Guardian, shall we?

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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While not unprecedented, it's unusual for such a letter to be written: treat it as a demonstration of collective intent and openness

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For those in the UK unfamiliar with #EuropeDay, it's the main occasion when the EU recalls its roots in the 1950 Schuman Declaration as a peace project, hence the opening of the letter

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