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Originally Posted by nomadking

And how would that have alleviated anything?

It would've involved the WHOLE of the WA being extended. The 2 year offer was made in April of last year. As I have to keep pointing out, the failure of the Joint Committee(ie the EU) is the biggest problem. They were the ones responsible for the detail of how things were going to be implemented.

Per Seph's post - it would allow time for the appropriate software to be written and tested.

Stating something erroneous multiple times does not make it correct.

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Originally Posted by jonbxx

Yep, a particularly scathing David Allen Green blog on this subject was published yesterday - Four examples of Prime Ministerial power – how Boris Johnson in fact ‘did everything he could’ for there to be a trade barrier down the Irish Sea

As always, you have to ask if the deal is so bad, is the Government;

• Incompetent
• Negligent
• Malicious

A great blogger.

I think the issue is that the government was fixated on a deadline of 31st December 2020 to end the transition period as it would feel like failure to have another extension.
So, it's more a case of sign now, we'll sort the mess out afterwards but the electorate and history books will show we started the new trade deal on 1st January 2021.
A long way of saying a) Incompetent but probably competent in keeping the electorate on board ie survival which is most government's aim.