Brexit discussion thread XIV (Please read OP before posting)

panem et circenses

The EU don't need to do anything.

They made a good statement today, clearly stating that should the UK do something the EU will take action.

This is nothing but a political play, a throw of the dice, by Johnson and his government.

The net continues to close on Brexit, leading to increasingly crazy actions, and with each action, and failure, leads to the reality of Brexit becoming more obvious even to Brexiteers.

Frustratingly long, but it is happening. Johnson is forced to rip up the very deal he won his majority on in order to keep the fin truth coming out.

JRM is in charge of identifying Brexit opportunities, I mean a minister just to think!, and still has nothing.

There's an article in the Guardian on three ways the EU could retaliate if and when they do get around to messing around with the protocol. 

1 - End the trade and cooperation agreement (TCA) using articles 770 and 779. But they have to give a years notice to do this.

2 - Suspend the trade parts of the TCA using article 252.

3 - Start a trade war in a week – article 506. Includes suspending access to EU waters and can escalate it to suspend tariff-free trade.

Brussels had paused a legal action against the UK, that they initiated after the 1st unilateral action. They could restart that, and have that ticking along in the background as a countdown, while waiting for the UK to actually enact any legislation.

That is a very clearly expressed article, it looks as though getting rid of all those pesky researchers and scientists to the EU might be a Brexit gain for Rees Mogg - somehow. It will not be a gain for England/Britain.

I am sure that it will be announced that the EU will follow British standards. Obviously these deals will be rubberstamped in Brussels and announced as EU regs to let the EU save face as Boris is merciful to his enemies. However it will all come from Boris and the mighty 52% saviours of democracy.

We have heard so much nonsense about the "EU throwing us under the bus" I actually had to check to be sure this was satire.

The irony of brits containing about malnutrition and able to afford basic food while the country exports wheat!!

Not something I would be in any way gleeful about, the stories if deprivation comming from the uk are horrible!

A country exporting food when it's own population is having affordability problems.

Where did I hear about that before in the last couple of centuries ?

Just as Truss is smashing all around her like a bull in a china shop, amused by this tweet from former British Ambassador Alexandra Hall(-Hall):

'Liz Truss has become a genuine expert'. It's breathtaking how this pernicious, lawbreaking UK government have the temerity to tell NI that they will legislate for NI to remove the protocol in their best intetests when the majority clearly favour the protocol.

Johnson did not meet the NI business groups when in Northern Ireland.

Interesting thread here analysing the tactics of Frost and co.

In summary, the UK is exploiting the war in Ukraine by offering security guarantees to the EU countries most worried about Russia, and in return it believes it can tamper with the Protocol and the EU won't be able to respond with a trade war because the countries threatened by Russia - who Britain is pledging to help - won't row in behind Macron and others because it needs Britain's assistance.

As the thread points out, quite why these threatened countries would place such faith in a British government so untrustworthy is unclear. Basically we're back to the old divide and rule tactic so beloved of Brexiteers.

They were blissfully unaware of the importance of one of their biggest ports and also can't find one of their provinces on a map so I wouldn't be delighted to be going to war with them.

It's almost like the Unionist veto never left us.