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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
Wasn't the back stop Mrs Mays idea, tbh I've not read it but the little I've managed to learn after filtering out the bs the fanatics peddle, it seems to me that being in it is the cake and eat it situation we were told we couldn't have, no extra payments, no free movement, no new laws and complete unfettered access to and as part of the customs union tariff free for our goods and more importantly services. I must have misunderstood it what with being so bored of the whole thing and a bit of a thicko but I can't believe the EU agreed to this let alone as some would believe came up with it, seems to me it goes against all the principles they claim to hold so dear, plus I bet there's a way out of it to, it was claimed by some that we couldn't get out after golden brown signed us up to Lisbon treaty, when not only could we there was a specific mechanism to enable it
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The backstop for Ireland was the EU idea to prevent a hard border/keep us in the customs union/carve up N.Ireland away from the UK depending on how you view it. The application of the backstop for the entire UK has our idea to avoid splitting off N.Ireland from the union and is a concession/cunning ruse from the EU. I think in theory it does sort of split the four freedoms but it's not proper single market membership so at least symbolical means they didn't concede on that.
The pro-backstop argument is that it'll be easy to get out of because it's not ideal for the EU either. The anti-backstop argument is, I guess, that the EU's ability to stop us leaving gives them additional leverage.