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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Both make the country poorer, less international and more bureaucratic so a fair comparison.
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A sovereign nation cannot be held in a backstop against its will. That's an ERG myth.
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A sovereign nation that believes in the rule of law and respect for international treaties can.
The backstop, once entered, would apply until both sides agreed to end it. At a time when the EU had everything to gain from withholding agreement until it had extracted maximum concessions in trade negotiations, such a position would be intolerable.