I'm genuinely saddened to see some of the headlines today* and the way that Great is being torn out of Great Britain. Not since the three-day week has the country's global reputation sunk so low.
As a Remainer who accepted the vote from day one, it is now more apparent than ever that BoJo is incapable of negotiating getting his ball back from the neighbours, let alone international treaties.
Even before the advent of Coronavirus, BoJo was showing the white flag to the EU on the Withdrawal Agreement but proclaiming success. Trying to alter it behind the EU's back is not the way things should be done if the country is to be taken seriously. Concentrating on Coronavirus has clearly seen the Government start to take apparent short cuts which are blowing up in its face. Witness the Conservative MPs' WhatsApp group called "What the F**** is going on?" reported by The Times yesterday.
We need goodwill and an extension so that we can get a good deal. The scales were already against us and they've sunk even lower through ineptitude.
* Some of the headlines include:
1. Brexit: Controversial bill has 'damaged trust', Irish minister tells Sky News
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Boris Johnson's Brexit proposals have "damaged trust" and set back talks on a trade deal with the EU, an Irish minister has told Sky News.
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https://news.sky.com/story/brexit-co...-news-12070693
2. Top lawyers slam Suella Braverman for wrecking UK’s reputation
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Five QCs confronted the attorney general during Saturday’s meeting, telling her that a crime which broke the law in a “specific and limited way” – the phrase used by the Northern Ireland secretary, Brandon Lewis, when he announced the move – was still a crime.
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics...uks-reputation
3. UK's former US ambassador [Kim Darroch] astonished at govt's 'extraordinary' plans to break international law
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“It’s all-round extraordinary,” he said.
“It’s one of the things that we thought was a basic principle of Britain’s face to the world: that we stuck by international law and agreements.
“What does it do for our reputation? How will others look at us if we are saying: ‘We will sign a deal with you, … but if we look at it six months later and decide we don’t like that, we’ll just change it unilaterally, and you’ll just have to live with it?’”
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https://news.sky.com/story/former-pm...inues-12070632