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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

That's appalling hypocrisy. At times he posses the rare trait of making Cummings look a credible witness.

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Like Pierre, I think fishing is less of an issue than a level playing field and involvement of the European courts in disputes. But I suspect the latter two can be spun in the same manner that a border in the Irish sea was. Deny it and then by the time the facts are known, people have lost interest.

I don't think we'll be going from "easiest deal ever" to "no deal" at the end of the year. I think BoJo will do a lot of huffing and puffing and then quietly roll over in the Autumn and acquiesce. Once again. Not the first politician to adopt this approach in the face of a stronger power and doubtless not the last. When was the last time we heard "They need us more than we need them?". Quite.

We saw BoJo hot foot it up to Scotland. No deal would give the SNP and devolution more support. BoJo doesn't want to go down in history as the PM who presided over the dissolution of the UK. Although I think that's unlikely given our Churchillian level of indebtedness at the moment. In reality, Northern Ireland is a more likely candidate to break away but not under the term of BoJo's Government.

We may disagree on some fundamentals on Brexit negotiations, but you're letting yourself down on your assessment on nationalism. For a start, the Scots need to gain a referendum from the Guvmin; why should that be granted? As to NI, can you back up your assertion?