The unelected steward, the man known by several nicknames
depending on who is addressing him; "Brussels Rishi", me;
"Rashid Sanook", Joe Biden; "Fishy Rishi", half of all
social media political pundits; and "Rishi Washi", the other half...
has signed a new Brexit deal with the European Union. Its principle aim,
supposedly, is to try and weigh the anchor that was the original Northern
Ireland Protocol and replace it with something better. The new deal will
separate imports from the UK
remaining in the province and those destined to go south into the Irish
Republic . Special customs labelling
will be used to sort them. A lot of the restrictions that have been in place
for the last few years, essentially making Northern Ireland
a BINO state (Brexit in name only), will be lifted. The UK
will also be allowed to collect import and export duty on certain products;
like alcohol and, strangely, heat pumps. Sunak has completed the agreement in a
Windsor meeting with the EU Commission
president Ursula von der Layen. Then, in accordance with tradition, they had
tea with the King. The finer practices of the new deal will be worked out as
time goes on, including how to stop smuggling. The Northern Ireland Assembly
will also have the right to preview the agreement and can apply a
"brake" if necessary. Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64790193.
The media is full of politicians and journalists giving their opinion about how
good or bad they think the new deal is. Personally, I'm not decided. It sounds
very complicated and probably will be hard to enforce. For example, once
somebody has imported a product to Northern
Ireland , what's to prevent them simply
repackaging it and sending it south to avoid the import duty? Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYrHkeXXsd4.
What I am certain of is that from the very beginning of the Brexit process,
Northern Ireland has been used as an artificial obstacle to try and derail it.
The border between the province and Eire was set up over
a hundred years ago and, until Brexit, was one of the most functional in history.
The only way there can be problems with that border and Britain 's
independence from the EU is if they were manufactured by remoaners for the sole
purpose of sabotage. This fact has to be realized if the political classes, who
are all globalist remoaners, are not going to have their way and suck the
country back into the European empire.
See here for background: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2019/10/brexit-portal.html.
See here for background: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2019/10/brexit-portal.html.
"The border between the province and Eire was set up over a hundred years ago and, until Brexit, was one of the most functional in history".
ReplyDeleteYou never experienced the 'border' during the troubles. That was about as dysfunctional as borders get...
http://www.irishborderlands.com/living/troubles/index.html
That is a typical backslapping "Hey man I've been there!" poser response. Nothing in that article has anything to do with the fundamentals of the Anglo-Irish Agreement. I suggest you sit on a street corner begging for small change and making proclamations about "human nature, mate!" and wallowing in your own superiority. But never forget... you NEED us! Without us, you have nobody to throw your superman worldly wisdom into sharper relief. Why don't you just say "thank you"?
ReplyDeleteWow Ben! That was a bit sharp!
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I give as good as I get, Gav.
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