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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
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
https://news.sky.com/story/brexit-co...-news-12070693
2. Top lawyers slam Suella Braverman for wrecking UK’s reputation
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
https://news.sky.com/story/former-pm...inues-12070632 |
You are very quick to claim a breach of trust by the UK, but you ignore the fact that the EU is responsible for this state of affairs and is itself breaching trust.
We know you only have eyes for the EU, Andrew, but you take your bias to extraordinary lengths.
What has happened to the promise of a Canadian-style deal that Barnier dangled in front of us not long ago? What happened to his reference to a no-tariff free trade deal he was happy to sign up to in the political declaration?
You read a lot, so you must be aware that the tweeking of the Withdrawal Agreement is necessary only if the EU fails to honour that political commitment, and that the tweeks are necessary to prevent a food blockade, which the EU have hinted at rather menacingly.
Open your eyes, Andrew. We are not asking for anything that the EU hasn't granted to other countries, yet you call the British government out on this. We will not relinquish our sovereignty or have our democracy undermined. We are leaving the jurisdiction of the EU whether they like it or not and if they won't strike a deal (thus flying in the face of common sense) then they won't get any allocation of our fish at all.