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Old 19-03-2018, 22:16   #2452
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Re: Brexit discussion
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
Thank you for misrepresenting my views, Andrew. I can't believe you just said that.
I'm very sorry if you feel that's the case but it was never my intention to do such a thing. I felt that we were actually both agreeing on a few things, for a change.

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Interesting article from Jonathan Powell, the UK's chief of staff and chief negotiator in Northern Ireland from 1997 to 2007 and one of the architects of the Good Friday Agreement. He slates both Labour's and the Government's proposals and concludes:
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Theresa May’s speech may have temporarily united the Tory party, but it has not solved the substantive problems. Indeed, her problems on Brexit may only just have begun and it may turn out that the insoluble problem of the Northern Ireland border is the issue that finally brings the entire negotiation crashing down.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices...-a8263731.html

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Brextremists Leave mean Leave are either moaning again or making good points, depending on your viewpoint.

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While there has clearly been some commendable progress, we are very concerned over the Northern Ireland backstop proposal. This is a dreadful way of negotiating. Just weeks ago, the prime minister said ‘no UK prime minister could ever agree to this’. Once again we appear to have caved in.

This is totally unnecessary and UK negotiators must insist that this is removed from the text.

We also have serious concerns over the proposals for our fishing waters.

Under the current plans, we will not be taking back control of our fisheries when we leave the EU – something which the government had previously promised.
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