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Originally Posted by Hugh

I agree there should be processes in place that would stop food that doesn’t meet EU Standards getting into the EU (from Northern Ireland to Ireland) - don’t you?

I always answer questions put to me even if you answered a question I did not put.

Given that the WA recognises that NI is inseparably part of the UK and within the UK's customs territory, I see that this causes conflict when seen against the no border provisions. They are incompatible, it seems to me, because the consequences of the latter enables the EU to split the EU or at least try to.

Now, your question to me, like much of what Andrew says, takes the EU perspective and not the UK's. So, were I a German, for example, I would agree with you. But I'm British and I don't agree if the price is that the EU can dictate what happens when food is exported in either direction.

Personally, I don't see a problem with processes that simulate a NI/Eire border in respect of food products. But with Barnier offering threats that we won't be recognised as a supplier to the EU unless we put our national interests at risk, I can't stomach that.