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[Politics] Brexit

If there was a second Brexit referendum how would you vote?


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A1X

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Sep 1, 2017
20,537
Deepest, darkest Sussex
























nicko31

Well-known member
Jan 7, 2010
18,574
Gods country fortnightly


vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
28,272
Northern Ireland protocol critics ‘have no alternative’, says EU ambassador
João Vale de Almeida said the protocol is ‘the solution for the problems created by Brexit’


Seems like we got what we wanted then, we wanted to be a " Third Country " and even helped draw up the rules for being a Third Country so why aren't we following our own rules ?

The “solutions” he said will come from “implementing the protocol, implementing it fully; implementing it well”.

But he said Britain needed to own the Brexit it got, including the protocol, as it was a result of the government’s decision to go for a hard Brexit putting sovereignty ahead of collaboration on trade.

“[Let’s] not forget the origin of the issues. We are talking about the impact of Brexit which was decided by the British people.

“We are talking about the impact of the departure from the single market which was decided on the British side as well.

“Squaring the circle is finding solutions for very intricate and delicate problems that were created by decisions taken and decisions [which] have consequences,” he said.

The protocol “took a few years to negotiate, I can guarantee that from listening to those who negotiated – and Michel Barnier and David Frost were among them – I can tell you that they turned every stone to try to find alternatives to this protocol, no one came with a better idea, even those who attack the protocol today, who would like to see it scrapped, have no alternative to the protocol. So that what should be our focus. Our focus should be to implement the protocol,” the ambassador added.


https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/06/northern-ireland-protocol-critics-have-no-alternative-says-eu-ambassador
 






nicko31

Well-known member
Jan 7, 2010
18,574
Gods country fortnightly
Northern Ireland protocol critics ‘have no alternative’, says EU ambassador
João Vale de Almeida said the protocol is ‘the solution for the problems created by Brexit’


Seems like we got what we wanted then, we wanted to be a " Third Country " and even helped draw up the rules for being a Third Country so why aren't we following our own rules ?

The “solutions” he said will come from “implementing the protocol, implementing it fully; implementing it well”.

But he said Britain needed to own the Brexit it got, including the protocol, as it was a result of the government’s decision to go for a hard Brexit putting sovereignty ahead of collaboration on trade.

“[Let’s] not forget the origin of the issues. We are talking about the impact of Brexit which was decided by the British people.

“We are talking about the impact of the departure from the single market which was decided on the British side as well.

“Squaring the circle is finding solutions for very intricate and delicate problems that were created by decisions taken and decisions [which] have consequences,” he said.

The protocol “took a few years to negotiate, I can guarantee that from listening to those who negotiated – and Michel Barnier and David Frost were among them – I can tell you that they turned every stone to try to find alternatives to this protocol, no one came with a better idea, even those who attack the protocol today, who would like to see it scrapped, have no alternative to the protocol. So that what should be our focus. Our focus should be to implement the protocol,” the ambassador added.


https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/06/northern-ireland-protocol-critics-have-no-alternative-says-eu-ambassador

Brexiters are slowly discovering the EU was the glue that held the UK together......
 


vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
28,272
Brexiters are slowly discovering the EU was the glue that held the UK together......

" The reign in Spain is mainly ..... on the plane back !"
 






Randy McNob

> > > > > > Cardiff > > > > >
Jun 13, 2020
4,724
I'd just like to point out here that ending freedom of movement was the "will of the people"

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