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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
I was only aware of it at midnight last night and didn't have time to research the voracity of the claims. Not that it's mine or anyone's responsibility here to fact check these things. Thanks for clarifying the situation in Germany.
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Trading blocs with a single market can't strike side deals as the single market would cease to be um, a single market.  |
You mean like treating NI differently would be breaking the UK single market?
From NI protocol.
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RECALLING that Northern Ireland is part of the customs territory of the United Kingdom and will benefit from participation in the United Kingdom's independent trade policy,
HAVING REGARD to the importance of maintaining the integral place of Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom’s internal market,
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All this is simply because the EU insist on bullying us to sign up to THEIR version of a deal.