It is realistic that he could get a majority in parliament to vote for this both Tory and Labour MPs. Best PM ever.
If he did that, wouldn't the DUP immediately withdraw their support from the minority Conservative government, and trigger a general election?
Boris could be back as PM with a majority... or he could be gone as the shortest serving PM ever.
High risk strategy.
Boris will do what's best for Boris.
Different system. He gets the job without a vote
So we are still in this place;
- Boris, PM
"And next I say to our friends in Ireland, and in Brussels and around the EU: I am convinced that we can do a deal without checks at the Irish border, because we refuse under any circumstances to have such checks"
- British Government, Nov 2018
Taking Back Control of Our Borders
- Free movement will end
- New controls for a fairer immigration system
What am I missing? Is it, by any chance,god forbid....that London regards the UK/EU border in Ireland to be somewhat...different...to the UK/EU borders in Britian?
Has anyone told the DUP?
It is different. It is covered by the free movement agreement between UK and Ireland which is planned to keep - we're not part of Schengen for example and originally the plan was for us to remain out of it for this reason
Which confirms that the DUP, who represent a minority view on Brexit in NI, are perpetrating a hoax on Ireland, Britain and EU. This whole backstop nonsense could be over tomorrow if the backstop is simply applied to NI. Facilitating what the DUP (and everyone else) want - an open border with frictionless trade and free movement between RoI and NI. Which is opposite to what Brexit is actually about.
So the DUP hoax of "not wanting to be treated differently" should be called out, and a tiny rump of politicians in the North East of Ireland with a minority view on Brexit should not be allowed to invoke a no-deal Brexit and the subsequent disruption for trade and relations between Ireland, UK and EU.
If they weren't reliant on DUP votes, I'm pretty sure most of Westminster would be grand with a NI only backstop tbh.
Exactly, and it needs to be called out. Not only to facilitate an orderly Brexit but to expose the lie that is inherent in the DUP position - that they don't want to treated differently or separately to rest of UK, when in actual fact they are on record for calling for different and separate conditions to be applied to the UK/EU border in Ireland compared with UK/EU borders in Britain.
The difference in the NI / Ireland border vs the UK / EU border elsewhere isn't a lie in the DUP position
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