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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

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I would also add that breaking treaties has global ramifications. How can the UK complain about China breaking treaties in Hong Kong if we are breaking treaties ourselves. We don't have much of a leg to stand on.

I've said all along that the UK should have taken advantage of the EU's generous offer to extend the Withdrawal Agreement by another year. Instead, BoJo preferred to leave knowing that the systems were not in place but that the negative effects of Brexit would be neatly hidden by the pandemic.

There is a vast difference between what China is doing in HK against what the UK is doing with the NI goods problem. The hypocrisy line you've taken isn't reasonable.

Btw, extending the WA for a year would have cost us billions and would only push the EU's enmity (and various consequences) one year down the road.