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Old 28-03-2019, 09:55   #719
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Re: Brexit (New).
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
The thing that gets me is how you can have a protocol that you cannot ever unilaterally terminate in a temporary agreement! The backstop should end when the withdrawal agreement ends unless there is a separate agreement to the contrary.

Only the EU could come up with something so perverse. I'm not even so sure it could be enforced once the withdrawal agreement expires- once ended, where is the legal authority for the backstop?
A backstop can't be temporary or it wouldn't be a backstop.
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