... The backstop is a useful tool to talk about (if it wasn't that there would be something else) in order to (a) ensure nothing gets signed with the EU and (b) force Parliament to block a no deal outcome through a vote of confidence or hijacking another piece of legislation. Then call an election claiming to be the true party looking to deliver Brexit - only prevented by the nasty EU and HoC - taking the wind out of the Brexit Party to a large extent...
That divorce bill would make the EU one look like chicken feed.I would have never thought I would see the day that a serious consideration of the breakup of the UK could happen, not anymore. This brexit vote is driven be English Nationalism and the level of,"let them eat cake", attitude that is prevalent in England is quite strong. If Scotland does break away this will put pressure on Wales and Northern Ireland. The problem with Northern Ireland is that its economy is too dependant on the UK taxpayer with 1.8 million people getting over £10 billion as a subsidy means that if a discussion of a united Ireland was to start then many people in the Republic will not be happy about paying extra taxes to keep the north in the comfort they are kept at the moment.
I would have never thought I would see the day that a serious consideration of the breakup of the UK could happen, not anymore.
Did anyone notice how bad the optics were today with a very English PM going north to Scotland with a cheap bribe in his pocket in the guise of a few crumbs from the money table. A bit like the Cowboys giving the Indians glass beads for their land.
A more than frosty reception from the crowd for BJ on meeting Nicola Sturgeon in Scotland to say the least.
Sturgeons views on no deal Brexit were pretty emphatic - Scotland should determine its own future.
We all know that Ireland's interests have always been a distant second to Britains interests in the United Kingdom, but Scotlands interests are a different prospect.
There is no United Kingdom without Scotland.
A no-deal Brexit, dragging Scotland out of EU against its wishes is playing with fire.
Did anyone notice how bad the optics were today with a very English PM going north to Scotland with a cheap bribe in his pocket in the guise of a few crumbs from the money table. A bit like the Cowboys giving the Indians glass beads for their land.
Fly this has been the British position since the beginning. It was a vain attempt to turn Dublin against Brussels but it failed from the very start with our spokespersons asserting that everything that flows from Brexit, including EU actions, is solely the fault of the British - it was they who chose Brexit.Brexit will be 'catastrophic', first minister tells Boris Johnson ahead of his visit to Wales – as it happened
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He said that in all scenarios, the government will be steadfast in its commitment to the Belfast agreement and will never put physical checks or physical infrastructure on the border.
I'm wondering if he is implying that any border will have to be build by the EU? It would be a handy "Well we didn't build the border" cop-out and force the EU into building it, which would in turn cause all sorts of issues with some people here....
I'm wondering if he is implying that any border will have to be build by the EU? It would be a handy "Well we didn't build the border" cop-out and force the EU into building it, which would in turn cause all sorts of issues with some people here....
That's just stating the facts.with our spokespersons asserting that everything that flows from Brexit, including EU actions, is solely the fault of the British - it was they who chose Brexit.
Love it.there's no point getting all worried about Dover if you leave your This post will be deleted if not edited to remove bad language exposed in Derry....
If the UK crashes out with no deal, then they will be operating under WTO rules. If WTO rules dictate that there needs to be border checks, then it is not in the UKs remit to just abandon its trade obligations without penalty.
If it is not an obligation under WTO to have border checks, then there is no reason for EU to put up checks either.
Correct. Although it's not logic, it's legislation.Logic would deduce that if two economies are operating under different systems, WTO and SM, then some form of checks will be required on both sides.
If this is what constitutes a 'hard border' we really should grow up.
Australia for example has quarantine zones and biosecurity standards including the prohibition of movement of agricultural produce and machinery between its states. By no reasonable standards would anyone say that this somehow constitutes a 'hard' border between the Australian states.
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