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Originally Posted by jfman
I actually think a country less insecure about it’s own identity would recognise that Northern Ireland voted to remain and depends, to a greater or lesser extent, on trade with the Republic.
NI remaining in the Single Market/Customs Union has doesn’t make Brexit any less Brexit.
If the DUP didn’t have Theresa May by the short and curlies this is very well where we would have been today. Readying for trade deals for the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020.
It gives England what it wants (out the EU), Northern Ireland what it wants (no border) and reduces the chances of one Ireland.
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All that would be the subject of a
future agreement. The "deal" can only be about a transitional, unambiguously limited in time one. That is the
legal position of the EU treaty.
Remaining in the Single Market/Customs Union is against any notion of Brexit. If the UK is to remain in Single market/Customs Union,
then it should be explicitly said and debated, and decided upon. Not by a backdoor method. You have a vote on something that is supposed to end on Dec 31st 2020, when 3 little words actually extends things to eternity. Imagine that sort of thing in any form of contract. It would be declared invalid in no time at all. Would you sign a contract like that? One that is designed specifically to restrict you beyond the term of the contract.
Every single notion of the law and of contracts is being overridden in the name of Remain. Whatever happened to proper scrutiny? How is Parliament expected to debate and vote on a near 600 page document in the course of a few hours? That is why the
law states that there should be a minimum of 21 sittings days of Parliament involved. Then there is meant to be lots of other stages involved.