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Originally Posted by Chris
Hardline Brexiteers like Guido Fawkes are going the full gammon over this, but TBH as a ‘real’ Brexiteer who has wanted the U.K. out of the EU for the last 25+ years, I’m content to take a couple of extra years to get it right. Davis was quite right to demand an end date be hard-wired into the plan, but nobody is going to get everything they wanted out of this, and insisting that everything would stop dead next March simply wasn’t realistic.
This is a sensible backstop position that should take the heat out of the Irish border issue. Even if there’s no deal concluded by next March, the U.K. has committed to tariff alignment for a further 2 years, negating the need for border checks of any kind, and easing trade arrangements with the continent also.
Under this scenario, there will only be complications if the EU chooses to create them.
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How does this not just kick the can down the road? The EU and the UK still have to agree a permanent trading relationship. Time does not necessarily erase red lines (on both sides).