Re: Brexit backstop
Originally Posted by
Moscow
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I'm glad to see you repeating my solution to the Irish border scenario.
Re: Barnier I suggest we completely ignore his inane and obstructive mutterings on Twitter or wherever else he pops up trying to rule the UK from outwith.
The situation we are in was designed, constructed and implemented by the EU.
Article 50 is not a piece of legislation that is fit for purpose with regard to a major economy and contributor such as the UK . It was designed to facilitate smaller nations as the EU, in it's pomposity and arrogance, assumed that a major country like the UK ( or France, Germany or Italy) would ever leave.
The 2 year time frame is fine for the smaller economies but not for the bigger ones.
Still, that's what we have to work with. The EU , in typical intransigent fashion, would not extend the time frame exept through a 'transitional' arrangement and so that's what we are lumbered with.
Not our fault !
As for businesses.........They will cope, they will continue to trade. Business prefers certainty but , by nature, operates always in constant flux.
Brexit doesn't change that.
Hi
We will never agree, that is for sure.
We knew the rules when we triggered it, two years and out.
Hence my view that we should not have triggered it until we had everything in place.
Article 50 does not specify the sequence of events, our big mistake was allowing the EU to dictate them.
We have quite simply messed this up.
We are giving Juncker £22 Billion for this.
It really annoys me.
The rest of the Money we owe, subject to International Arbitration.
I have no issues with that at all.
The Brexiteers have delivered on nothing.
We are an International Laughing Stock and boy will we pay for that when it comes to new Trade Deals.
The rest of the World is looking in.
If we cannot deal with a pompous little tinpot like Varadkar we have no chance with the Big Boys.
There should have been no such problems.
Instead we have Government infighting and still no consensus.
Our Government have shown themselves to be completely incompetent and the entire World knows that the alternative, a Corbyn Government, would be even worse for us, but better for them.
I voted Leave, with a heavy heart, it could have worked for us, it certainly works for France and Germany, both of which simply ignore the bits they do not like.
We could have done the same, as a major contributor, we had aces to play.
The Visigrad Group, net recipients,
They have just unilateraly ignored Free Movement and Benefits.
.Spain and Italy have both elected new Governments who are going to be a real pain to the EU.
Austria has a new Government who are taking on Juncker and Co head on.
If we had Politicians with the same backbone as they have we would not have been in this mess. we would have had the Guts to tell the EU to Naff off.
The only Country to run away is the UK.