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Old 26-01-2024, 13:06   #5815
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Re: Britain outside the EU
Rees-Mogg throwing his toys out of the pram again! Reality seems to be that devolved government in Northern Ireland requires closer alignment with the EU for all of the UK.

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Rishi Sunak has offered to sacrifice some of Britain’s Brexit freedoms in a bid to appease the DUP and re-establish devolved government in Northern Ireland.

The Daily Telegraph reported the Prime Minister had pledged to introduce a requirement that would see all new laws screened in a bid to ensure they will not create extra trade barriers in the Irish Sea.

Downing Street hopes it will persuade the DUP to end its two-year boycott of Stormont.

The offer has, however, angered Tory MPs after some warned introducing such a policy would make it almost impossible for Great Britain to diverge from EU rules and moves to take advantage of Brexit freedoms risk being blocked by officials in Whitehall.

All legislation would have to be accompanied by a ministerial statement confirming it did not have a “significant adverse effect” on internal UK trade.

The new system would mirror the one being used to screen new bills for their compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights.

The DUP left Stormont in February 2022 in protest at the Irish Sea Border and has refused to return until the checks on goods agreed with the EU in the Windsor Framework are scrapped.

The Windsor Framework was a renegotiation of the original Brexit deal and reduced red tape, but has been pushed by unionists to go further.

Mr Sunak's latest offer would give the DUP an effective guarantee that the UK would not pass laws in the future that would create more trade barriers between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, the former business secretary, said: “This means we will not diverge at all, and we will have ended up with Theresa May’s Chequers deal in all but name.

“I voted against the Windsor Framework because it subordinates part of the UK to the EU. This mechanism would restore part of the EU hegemony over us.”
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/n...799742753.html

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth View Post
As we chose sovereignty, all we need is a competent government.
But you're not prepared to put your money where your mouth is and vote for one! You have advised that you will re-elect the existing government.

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How it started in 2021:

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
Happy Independence Day...Which new markets should we be exploiting after the US?
How it's going three years later:
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It will also mean the UK's trading terms with Canada will now be worse than when it was part of the EU's deal with the country.

British car companies now face the prospect of higher tariffs - import charges - to sell into the Canadian market from the start of April.
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