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Gove's NIP letter is a hell of a work of delusion and deflection. To recap:
- May's backstop would have keep the UK in the EU trade sphere eliminating NI problems.
- Johnson - in order to unseat her - objected.
- As PM he created a NI 'front stop' meaning a border was needed
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- May's backstop would have keep the UK in the EU trade sphere eliminating NI problems.
- Johnson - in order to unseat her - objected.
- As PM he created a NI 'front stop' meaning a border was needed
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- To preserve peace in NI, that border couldn't be on the island of Ireland.
- So it was placed in the Irish sea (which, logistically, makes more sense).
- Johnson then pretended it didn't exist, having previously said there wouldn't be one.
- Claimed no trade impact.
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- So it was placed in the Irish sea (which, logistically, makes more sense).
- Johnson then pretended it didn't exist, having previously said there wouldn't be one.
- Claimed no trade impact.
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- The transition has ended, and we now see real impacts, and UK govt not happy with *their* preferred choice re NI.
- (Aside: these aren't even the full impacts yet b/c of 'grace period'.)
- So now they want to renegotiate the front stop into a front-stop-at-the-back (2023).
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- (Aside: these aren't even the full impacts yet b/c of 'grace period'.)
- So now they want to renegotiate the front stop into a front-stop-at-the-back (2023).
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- And so Gove sends a belligerent, delusional, cakeist wish-list to the EU demanding that all that stuff that had to happen b/c 'sovereignty' the UK doesn't *actually* want to happen and now wants a plethora of exceptions instead.
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- And expects the EU to grant it b/c
a) the Leaver's lied to the UK and NI about the consequences,
b) they want the EU to bail them out again, and
c) "We're British, don't you know."
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a) the Leaver's lied to the UK and NI about the consequences,
b) they want the EU to bail them out again, and
c) "We're British, don't you know."
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- And just to fully round out the perversity of this demand, Gove invokes the preservation of the GFA, an agreement that he has in the past compared to the appeasement of the Nazis.
Here's the letter: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/957996/2020_02_02_-_Letter_from_CDL_to_VP_S%CC%8Cefc%CC%8Covic%CC%8C.pdf
Here's the letter: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/957996/2020_02_02_-_Letter_from_CDL_to_VP_S%CC%8Cefc%CC%8Covic%CC%8C.pdf
