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Originally Posted by pip08456
If May can get a 'legally-binding assurance' we won't be trapped in backstop indefinitely, then there is every chance that the withdrawal deal will be passed.
Business will have 2 yrs to prepare for full Brexit, the Government 2yrs to conclude a deal with the EU going forward.
It is the backstop that all are objecting to especially as it needs the agreement of the 27 to withdraw it.
She should have the vote tomorrow, lose it and go back to Brussels and get a time limited backstop of perhaps 1yr.
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The problem then is that's it's not a backstop. The backstop is designed to kick in if all else falls and the deadline has been reached. Otherwise we're covered by the transition period. You at the very least would need to be generous with the length of the backstop to account for delays in coming to a permanent future arrangement.
Maybe the backstop is a joint arrangement for x amount of years before it defaults to Parliament.