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Originally Posted by daveeb
No great surprise that the EU can be as ruthless as the UK when it comes to self interest, in a specific and limited way naturally. To be fair they did do an amazingly fast U turn on the decision that even Bojo would have been proud of.
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Why on earth did the EU think the UK would sneak things in via NI?
Their regulation wasn't legal in the first place. They can't invoke article 16 until a situation and it's effects, actually occur and are ongoing. They also have to tell the Joint Committee and the UK beforehand, and give one month's notice.
They are not allowed to invoke it on the basis of a purely theoretical and unlikely risk.