Wednesday, 1 March 2023

New Brexit Deal

 
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.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

"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".

You never experienced the 'border' during the troubles. That was about as dysfunctional as borders get...

http://www.irishborderlands.com/living/troubles/index.html

Ben Emlyn-Jones said...

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"?

Gavin said...

Wow Ben! That was a bit sharp!

Gav.

Ben Emlyn-Jones said...

I give as good as I get, Gav.