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Hilary Benn tweets:

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While all the attention has been on the Northern Ireland Protocol, the really important document in this Brexit deal is the political declaration because that’s where the Government has set out what kind of future relationship it wants with the EU. It’s bad news.
The free trade agreement that the Prime Minister wants will end frictionless trade and result in additional cost and bureaucracy for British businesses, and any divergence from a level playing field will adversely affect our access to EU markets.
The Government’s own economic assessment of the different options for a future relationship found that a free trade agreement would be the second worst outcome for the economy after a no deal Brexit.



Negotiating a free trade agreement and everything else - eg on services, data transfer, security, foreign policy, scientific co-operation, working together on aviation safety and medicines and chemicals regulation - will take a long time. Canada’s deal with the EU took 6 yrs.
The commitments on a level playing field - eg workers’ rights and environmental standards - have been moved from the withdrawal agreement to the political declaration. The former is legally binding; the latter is not. This is a cause of concern.
Overall, it’s even worse for the economy than Theresa May’s deal was. It doesn’t help manufacturing or services. And it opens the door to a deregulated future.

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Johnson and Brexit explained.



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Watch Boris Johnson tell the DUP in 2018 he would never put border in the Irish Sea - today he put a border in the Irish Sea:

https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/watch-boris-johnson-tell-the-dup-in-2018-he-would-never-put-border-in-the-irish-sea-today-he-put-a-border-in-the-irish-sea-1-9110754

This deal isn't hugely different from May's one.


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Boris just got spanked. The Letwin Amendment passed, delay until the Bill is properly scrutinised, in other words, Boris is required by law to request an extension.

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Jitendar Canth says...
"Boris is required by law to request an extension."Boris appears to think the law doesn't actually apply to him though.
He's referring to a letter from Parliament now (the law clearly states the request has to come from him) and and that he will not request an extension.

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How ironic, that the actual vote was 51% to 49%...

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It would appear that Boris has done the political equivalent of scribbling over a cheque with 'under protest'.

He's written a letter to the EU asking for an extension, but hasn't signed it.

He's also sent an accompanying letter, which he has signed, explaining that he thinks the extension is a bad idea.

That's kinda like sending an 'I love you' text to an ex while off your face and then claiming someone stole your phone and sent a bunch of texts while you were unconscious.

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Good on him for doing that, after all he's being held hostage by Parliament.

Let's see if the EU are really as sick of Brexit as they claim.

Somehow I doubt it...

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Si Wooldridge says...
"Good on him for doing that, after all he's being held hostage by Parliament."
You mean a majority of the representatives we elected are stopping him being a dictator?

How massively inconvenient.


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