Britain Destroys the Withdrawal Agreement? The Internal Markets Bill's Impact Explained - TLDR News

[@patami2222]

This is just sending a signal to all other potential partners (not EU): you can't trust the UK to respect signed treaties/agreements. Nicely done.

[@tutenvanman2715]

Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed and nothing is agreed so that treaty has expired dumbo.

[@marcofava]

@just me then why are your governemt fighting so hard for a deal?

[@patami2222]

@just me The withdrawal agreement was signed by Boris Johnson in January and organises the transition period until end 2020, Theresa May was not able to get any agreement approved. The UK has built its reputation of country respecting the rule of law for centuries, it is key for businesses and foreign investors to have a stable environment and clear rules defined and respected. If the government can decide they can ignore laws when they wish it will be very bad for the reputation and attractivity of the UK, whatever the reason. If the UK thinks the agreement is not fine anymore, the right thing to do is to officially withdraw from the agreement. The problem is the UK does not withdraw from the agreement but starts not respecting some parts of it => not reliable business partner.

[@patami2222]

@@tutenvanman2715 The withdrawal agreement organises the transition period until end 2020, current negotiations are about the situation after that. These are 2 separate things. The first agreement is already effective, its principles apply since 1/02/2020. It is not being negotiated anymore, the UK and the EU have signed it on 24/01/2020.

[@RaptorZefier]

@just me Speaking as someone outside of the UK. The fact May signed it is actually irrelevant. From outside trade perspective its; "Well we had an internal change so we're backing out of this deal we signed." It doesnt matter if you agree with it or not, it looks wishy washy from the outside and makes the UK look untrustworthy. If you can just back out because "Well May isnt here anymore!", then theres no insurance at all you'll hold on to any deal from any minor regime change.

[@mk1st]

This is what happens when an incredibly complex problem is sold as a simple yes or no decision.

[@yarielrobles9003]

Welcome to politics, were nuance comes to die

[@gumpyoldbugger6944]

It is also what happens when you have a brain damaged clown (Bojo) in charge.......

[@dearhunter7206]

@@gumpyoldbugger6944 or when people who can't except they lost drag it out9 resulting in people who support their party choose voting for bojo to get what the first vote finalised..

[@gumpyoldbugger6944]

@@dearhunter7206 even though you edited your post, you still made it all but unreadable....two words, Spell Check....it can be your new best friend. except should be accept.....drag should be dragging......there is no 9 at the end of the word out......try choosing to vote for Bojo.......and what the fuck does to get what the first vote FINALIZED (note the spelling) even fucking mean?????????

[@rollosinternet1853]

Especially when they actually shouted: "WE NEED NO EXPERTS!" and called those with a bit of a brain and logic "project fear".

[@justinjay6930]

TLDR could sell withdrawal agreement toilet paper

[@QwoaX]

Boris Johnson: I take your entire stock!

[@JoelJames2]

Oi, that's rude. Toilet paper is produced quicker and actually performs as advertised.

[@darter9000]

Will it fill a 24 roll package?

[@okiwatashi2349]

I once wanted to print bible and Q’ran toilet paper but I shit myself

[@simonbean3774]

I see BJ now dislikes his own plan Dick

[@garth2356]

No deal is just the logical conclusion of the UK wanting benefits of the EU without paying anything.

[@MeFreeBee]

So far from having our cake and eating it, we will be lucky if we can afford so much as a custard cream.

[@simonhopkins3867]

Many countries trade with the eu but don't pay directly or follow eu laws and keep their territory lol

[@spidos1000]

The uk just wants a trade deal

[@neodym5809]

@@simonhopkins3867 And those countries face customs, have rather limited access to the EU service market, and need to proof for every piece of their products that they comply with EU law and regulations. They also have no access to EU agencies.

[@mek101whatif7]

@@spidos1000 They don't. If they wanted one it would have been done and signed a couple of years ago and we wouldn't have this whole fuckery

[@MrJGWIN]

Johnson is a unionist? Then why is he so hell bent on paving the way to irish reunification and scottish indepence?

[@bam-skater]

He's not really a unionist, it's just a political show because he doesn't want to go down in history as the PM that ended the UK.

[@alexpotts6520]

Tbh, I don't know what I would do, as Prime Minister of the Probably-Not-United-For-Much-Longer Kingdom, to try and keep my country together. When the tide of history is against you, there is not much individual politicians can do about it.

[@tx5190]

@@bam-skater Boris will fail on the latter point.

[@tx5190]

@@alexpotts6520 Boris wanted the job. A classic Dunning-Kruger case. It was always going to be a toxic potato position.

[@steenb.m.4409]

@@tx5190 Boris Johnson will do whatever his sponsor bids him to do. There is in my oppinion no other way to explain his sudden change on the Brexit standpoint leading up to the vote.

[@kubortthedane9487]

The U.K is acting and demanding stuff like they are part of the worlds biggest trading Block.

[@themekfrommars]

Almost as if they are a country and can do what they want

[@Steve-si5nq]

@@themekfrommars The UK can do what it wants, if it doesn't care about it's economy or reputation.

[@SmackcrackIV]

Andrew Taylor countries can’t do what they want when what they want is against agreements they’ve fucking signed. They don’t even have the shit excuse of "someone else signed this" since Boris signed it

[@bam-skater]

@@themekfrommars UK isn't a country though, is it?

[@johnseabrook1703]

Steve 101 What sort of reputation does the EU have around the world, not good, I suggest

[@Jodonho]

Britain waives the rules.

[@philguer4802]

XD

[@xr8237]

Well done 😂

[@varana]

This should be top comment. :D (Assuming it's original.)

[@XalphYT]

Rule, Britannia!

[@xr8237]

XalphYT that is lame. Why did you have to ruin it?

[@franckr6159]

Brexit supporters claim here "nothing is agreed until everything is agreed". Except that the Withdrawal Agreement is ALREADY agreed and signed, and it is unconditional to the rest of the negotiations. That's why scrapping it now is a violation of international law.

[@markshirley01]

One good thing is it may pave the way to Irish unification. Ireland deserves better than these chaotic English centric governments. Im English but I feel ashamed at what the Tories are doing.

[@markshirley01]

@Peter Doyle yes hopefully Ireland will stay safe. If there is one good thing to come out of Brexit itll be breaking the myth of the Tories are good for our economy.

[@edwardlawrence4428]

Mark Shirley I feel the same, and I also feel that way about Scotland. I think we shot ourselves in the foot with Brexit and the arrogance and short sightedness of brexiteers is just.... it’s almost evil.

[@markshirley01]

@@edwardlawrence4428 Its mostly just complete ignorance on the subject. I rarely debate Brexit with any of my friends because their lack of knowledge just halts everything.

[@austinbeige]

And there's still plenty of opportunities to make this even worse.

[@UteChewb]

They hired Tony Abbott, so believe me it will get worse.

[@jackyoung7097]

UteChewb what do you have against Tony Abbott he is a fantastic addition to the negotiating team. We should be honored he has offered his support. Some people are clueless and just feed off leftist propaganda. Wake up mate!

[@TheDarkever]

News of Brexit and China have something in common: they are always worse than the previous one.

[@UteChewb]

@@jackyoung7097, I take it you aren't Australian. I don't know any, *any*, fellow Australian who thinks he is anything other than a disaster. He undermined national projects like the NBN, he undermined his own party, before an election he had a tv ad blasting away repeatedly making 7 promises about what he would not do; he was in power for all of 3 months before he broke all of them. He can't be trusted. All he cares about is himself and gaining power. His own electorate, a safe Liberal seat since 1922 threw him out in favour of an independent.

[@zephyroxyl]

Reneg-ing on the WA could have serious consequences for relations between NI and GB as well. Anything that protected the Good Friday Agreement was welcomed by the majority of people here. Ripping up the WA puts the GFA at risk.

[@neodym5809]

And thereby relations with the US, which are pro Ireland and a guardian of the GFA.

[@0penminds]

@Steve the Pirate The most stupid response I've read all day, and there's a lot of comments here😄

[@aliens7719]

Jon Coxon you must be joking mate, all things the eu is asking for are in the withdrawal agreement which has been signed by boris and ratified by U.K. parliament. At this point it’s the U.K. that isn’t negotiating in good faith.

[@zephyroxyl]

@Jon Coxon The EU had their red lines well-known from before the negotiations even started. Our government knew what the EUs priorities were: 1) Protecting the integrity of Single Market; 2) Protecting the interests of member states, particularly the Republic of Ireland in this case; 3) Protecting the integrity of the customs union; 4) Protecting the Good Friday Agreement and the peace it brought to Northern Ireland. Those are in no particular order. The issue lies with BRITISH law (the Good Friday Agreement) that makes it all but impossible to enforce any sort of border (customs or otherwise) between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The only way for the British government to achieve a brexit that resembles anything like what they say the want, is if Northern Ireland reunifies with the Republic of Ireland. And when your party is called The Conservative and Unionist Party, that's kind of a non-starter, isn't it?

[@tutenvanman2715]

@@aliens7719 Show me the paragraph that says its ok to dump their illegal immigrants on us. oh so they give us their shit in good faith, I don't think.

[@pami333]

Well, time for the EU to close the doors, to stop answering phone and mail, to immediately stop all negotiations (as it obviously makes no sense to come to an agreement if one party simply overwrites it a few months later), to declare Johnson as a Persona non grata and focus on more important things.

[@XalphYT]

Unironically, this would be better for Britain.

[@HeadsFullOfEyeballs]

I mean, it doesn't cost the EU very much to keep sending negotiators to these meetings. They've been at it for literally years, might as well humour Johnson's idiots until the deadline.

[@victorpopov3809]

Elect a clown, expect a circus. Good luck to the brittish people, you will need it.

[@tutenvanman2715]

Thank God clowns Merkel Macron and Barniers car is heading back to you.

[@seanpowell8514]

not wrong

[@jackyoung7097]

Victor Popov he is not a clown, he is an intelligent journalist by trade

[@victorpopov3809]

@@DrBreadstick exactly.

[@GuntranOnline]

As if the year 2020 is a good time to do this kind of "not cool" stuff on top of everything else that's been going on...

[@duplicitouskendoll9402]

Disagree - if COVID over-reaction has already tanked the economy then another scoop of poop on top of a pile of poop is still just poop. Might as well go all-in and then recover from the lot without another storm cloud on the horizon.

[@alexpotts6520]

@@duplicitouskendoll9402 COVID and Brexit are fundamentally different though. COVID is a 20% dip in the economy which should largely bounce back when a vaccine is available. Brexit won't be a hit as big as that, but it will last for decades. It might cost us 1% growth per year, which adds up alarmingly quickly. You might not notice its effects, except possibly by comparing GDP in Britain versus EU countries. Arguably, the government may be the beneficiaries of some lucky timing from a political perspective; they could spin a post-Covid reversion to the mean as a "Brexit dividend" and maybe some voters would buy that. But that wouldn't make Brexit a good thing for the UK of course, it would just be opportunism from the Conservative Party.

[@Zkkr429]

Shouldn’t have mucked around at the beginning, this should all be sorted by now.

[@Kartissa]

@@Zkkr429 Shouldn't have even decided to leave, in my opinion, but yes, once they did elect to enact Article 50, it should have been with a clear strategy and goal firmly in place beforehand.

[@Zkkr429]

Kartissa Well the people decided to leave, the Government should be there to enact the will of the people 😂 of course we all know that’s bollocks but that’s how democracy works allegedly.

[@presstodelete1165]

Perfidious Albion returns to type. Gonna make it even harder to do ANY deals when we behave like this.

[@physiocrat7143]

May did not understand what she was signing up to.

[@HungarianParagon]

@@physiocrat7143 I can think of about 17 million others that were less informed than the pm.

[@janickpauwels3792]

May did not sign the WA. Boris did, and all of his MP's walked through the aye lobby. May's propsal was rejected.

[@Jermbot15]

You think this is the kind of move someone does when they still hope for a deal with the EU? No, this looks like a way to reframe Johnson's failed negotiation in the light of 'sovereignty' and 'taking back control.'

[@ten_tego_teges]

I'd love to see it bite them in the arse, but the truth is it'll ricochet and cost us all dearly. Particularly with the pandemic and post-pandemic crisis in full swing.

[@Welgeldiguniekalias]

Boris Johnson will be remembered as the PM who made the UK dependent on foreign food aid.

[@ecpgieicg]

@Rampart Probably a joke. UK currently does import much of its food from Europe. Shifting it to the like of Canada, NZ, etc won't really be an issue, except for a short period of time -- potentially a destructive but short period of time.

[@countertopconfessions9975]

And potential the man who broke up the UK

[@neodym5809]

@Rampart Yes, the UK is not self sufficient on food and thereby dependent on imports.

[@ecpgieicg]

@Rampart If you have to add custom checks where there has been none, if you have to shift suppliers, etc etc, there will be disruption. I mean, isn't all this rather obvious?

[@neodym5809]

@Rampart Now, because EU food can come into the UK without any customs, and food imports from around the world are conducted via Rotterdam. But January 2020, WTO rules dictate same checks for everything. So the UK either stops controlling what it imports, which is a serious health risk, or it starts checking EU imports, for which it does not have the necessary infrastructure and personal.

[@Cr42yguy]

So they disregard the withdrawal agreement but want the rest of the EU to believe they would stick to a Deal?

[@HeadsFullOfEyeballs]

Tory politicians throughout the Brexit period have been acting as though the EU side doesn't follow UK internal politics and media. Telling the media that they're planning to cheat or renege on agreements, then acting surprised when the EU negotiators call them out on it. It's really weird.

[@manufer2]

@@HeadsFullOfEyeballs What about the rest of the world? Everybody is watching the UK, who's going to strike a deal with a country that just backstabbed its former ally?

[@carlbirchall6869]

This one has Cummings fingerprints all over it, regarding state aid rules.

[@alexpotts6520]

I mean, I keep hearing about how Cummings is dead keen to invest in science & technology, how he wants a UK equivalent of DARPA, etc, but I haven't seen any actual evidence of the government doing anything about it yet.

[@annerigby4400]

Carl Birchall: it seems to me the state aid rules are just bait to get popular support for this latest perfidy. How many people in the UK are currently desperately struggling to hang on to their small business? They hear "state aid" and think it will happen. They would have a better chance of help if the UK was still in the EU.

[@isupportthecurrentthing.1514]

Yeah but who pulls Cummings' strings ?

[@GorgeDawes]

Whilst simultaneously not bothering to intervene to prevent the sale of the UK’s single world-leading computer technology company to a US competitor who will most likely choose to kill off most of the UK-based parts of the business.

[@emanueleferrari156]

@@isupportthecurrentthing.1514 Russia

[@bikkiikun]

If, in the end, the EU has to choose between the interity of the Single Market and the Northern Irish peace process, the EU will choose the Single Market 11 times out of 10. Why? For once, the Single Market affects all members. The Northern Irish conflict only one. Secondly, the violence, that is likely to return, will be on the non-EU side of the border. And it will be aimed at those who are responsible (Unionists and the UK government). Thirdly, the EU is really good with putting up outer borders and guarding them. Fourthly, a downward spiral, north of the border, will increase the likelyhood of Irish Reunification. Why? Because the UK's governments will not be willing to put in the money necessary to provide good living standards for "non-Britains". They instead will blame it on them and the EU and go down the old road of violent crackdowns.

[@thoso1973]

"If, in the end, the EU has to choose between the integrity of the Single Market and the Northern Irish peace process...." - there's no mutual exclusivity; the EU doesn't have to make a choice of one or the other. Nor is it.

[@bikkiikun]

@@thoso1973 : It hopefully never comes to that choice. My point is simply, that the UK government tries to put pressure on or scare the EU with the spectre of a revived conflict... But that won't work. The UK repeatedly tried to undermine the Single Market's integrity in the negotiations (full access without following the rules). It didn't work then, it won't work now. Boris might love making a politial spectacle out of this. And the EU let him do that, but they were unwavering when it came to the Single Market. Whatever threats or theatrics he'll conjure up, the EU will stay quiet and firm. And if the (unintended) consequence is a hard border on Ireland, with fences, check-points, maybe even walled sements, then this will come to pass. For the EU the Single Market is more important than the Northern Irish peace process... by multiple orders of magnitude.

[@thoso1973]

@@bikkiikun It's much more likely that Northern Ireland will have no choice but to hold an Irish Unification referendum (which they are entitled to according to the GFA), if the UK Government destroys the open border in Ireland. This will very likely also trigger the demand for a new Scottish Independence Referendum and that will effectively end the United Kingdom as we know it. Boris Johnson's legacy will be the PM that broke up the UK.

[@bikkiikun]

@@thoso1973 : Interesting I didn't thinka about the referendum clause. In that case, the EU has an even bigger incentive to react "harshly" to any violation of the Withdrawal agreement.

[@JoelJames2]

Wait, so I'm confused--the UK is reneging on a deal they signed with a party that they are currently trying to strike another deal with? And they think this will instill the other party with confidence that the UK will carry through the promises in this new deal?

[@bazrobb6242]

THE EU HAVE BEEN FOUND OUT ,LYING CHEATING PROTECTIONIST.

[@JoelJames2]

@@bazrobb6242 *Confused in American*

[@JoelJames2]

@Adam Garratt I mean, at the end of the day I feel hardline Brexiteers might have a point--they just prioritize different things than Remainers, so they might have a genuine reason to still support a hard brexit, even if it isn't a reason that makes sense to me. This Baz guy though? All caps gave his lack of one away :P

[@davidallen2058]

This bin fire just keeps on giving.

[@tedcrilly46]

@Bitbotbit bojo decided to quench the fire with a turd, a tyre and some batteries. Its not working.

[@matthewrichard9626]

I'm pretty sure this was the plan since before the election. Boris was against the agreement from the start and then endorsed it just to get the ball rolling. Also Nigel Farage spoke about "reassurances" that Boris gave him about the agreement, which was part of Nigels reasoning not to stand against any Tory held seats. I believe we are seeing what those "reassurances" were now.

[@annerigby4400]

Matthew Richard: it has been my impression too that johnson came in determined to end up with a no deal brexit. Following the money would probably explain why and who else is behind this. Someone must be profiting from this because otherwise it makes no sense. Then again, ever read "The March of Folly" a book by Barbara Tuchman about leaders making decisions that went against their own best interest?

[@kurgo_]

Mate do you seriously think Fartage gave two shits about assurances?

[@matthewrichard9626]

@@annerigby4400 I can understand the logic behind a not going along with the withdrawal agreementd as it does open us up to be more competitive with the rest of the world, but I think the risk is too great for us to make it our goal. I'm hoping this is all just a negotiation tactic but we'll see. Thanks for the recomend, I'll add it too my list 👍

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

Brexiteers once again showing the world how trustworthy they are.

[@aaronedwards4205]

I agree delivering a credible brexit. Not a brino like the previous governement. My faith in my leaders has been restored 🤸‍♀️

[@stevengrice1807]

Agreements are changed override all the time. Mostly at the request of only one side.

[@paulallen579]

@@stevengrice1807 So, in this case Johnson requested that checks be implemented between Northern Ireland and Great Britain after promising he would not do it?

[@neodym5809]

@@stevengrice1807 At the request. Then there would be negotiations. But this is not what is happening here. The UK just overwrites international law without the consent of its partner, thereby breaking it. I would be curious, do you have an example when the UK has done something similar in the last 50 years?

[@aaronedwards4205]

@Dixie Agreed buddy. Nothing is certain after May's treason. Still I should have said I'm more optimistic of the future of the UK. The whole UK 😎

[@christopherg2347]

Johnson thinks he is doing this Vader Quote: "I altered the deal. Pray I do not alter it further." In reality, he is Krenic: "Be carefull not to choke on our aspirations."

[@tim1964x]

Johnson thinks he is doing this Vader Quote: "I altered the deal. Pray I do not alter it further." LOL... I love that actually. I cannot see Boris having anything like the required gravitas to pull that off, but I''m sure the government can find a vader-like attack-dog to inject the necessary level of menace to accompany these words.... :) :)

[@musicoswateros449]

Scottish Independence and Irish Reunification are not the greatest threat to the UK, it's its politicians that pose the greatest danger.

[@WarfareJournal]

I'm glad I kept my South African citizenship when I became a British citizen. I might need it...

[@tertrih9078]

I was born in South Africa and have lived here all my life. Life is messy here but things here are similar to how they have been for many years. While we have lots of challenges as a third world country, things aren't as uncertain as they seem to be in Britain. I speak English at home and I have British ancestors. People in South Africa look up to those in Europe and America as much more civilized. But Brexit seems to be determined to make UK internationally irrelevant and wants to send the economy to the toilet. I want to keep up to date with what my British cousins are up to and it saddens me how things are going over there. Also you are will be welcomed here :) South Africans are very friendly. Did you grow up in South Africa? How long did you live there before becoming a British citizen?

[@SuperSmashDolls]

@@tertrih9078 "People in South Africa look up to those in Europe and America as much more civilized" If "civilized" countries spend all their time ripping up international agreements in the name of excluding people then maybe "being civilized" isn't a virtue you want your society to have.

[@tertrih9078]

@@SuperSmashDolls Yeah. Every thing UK and USA are doing at the moment is starting to change a lot of people's ideas about so-called civilized places :D I never minded living in South Africa but now I am seeing it as an actual positive :D

[@jakalordarkblood4331]

Any chance of the EU putting sanctions on the UK if this goes through?

[@altrag]

No. But the UK could well be kicked out of the single market entirely and fall back to WTO rules until a new trade agreement can be reached. The real problem here (and was one of the biggest reasons why Brexit has taken so long in the first place) is the Northern Irish border. The Irish understandably don't want a hard border again (breaking the Good Friday Agreement and potentially returning to the state of armed revolt they were in a few decades ago.) But the EU isn't going to let them get away with a soft border (which would effectively give the UK all of the privileges of the single market without obliging any of the responsibilities.) That's why the withdrawal agreement imposed a semi-hard border (the customs check and whatnot) between the UK mainland and Northern Ireland instead -- kind of trying to balance the two issues (though somewhat screwing NI since they'd be subject to both single market rules and also potentially UK internal market rules.. but that's still better than a resurgence of the IRA!) Who knows what will happen in Ireland without the WA in effect. Some have suggested reunification is possible. I find that unlikely (all of the history that led to the troubles is still there under the surface.) More likely is Northern Ireland separating from the UK and forming their own nation. Of course that would be one hell of an uphill battle, and "more likely" still is a far cry from "much actual chance of happening." But _something_ will have to happen, and its likely to be a clusterfuck whatever that ends up being. We can only hope that it remains a purely political clusterfuck and doesn't devolve into a violent clusterfuck again.

[@bazrobb6242]

@@altrag you fools it's what we want to be kicked out of the EU would be a honour .

[@altrag]

@@bazrobb6242 You're free to think of it what you will, but all the honour in the world won't keep food on your table if the UK's economy collapses. And while its neither guaranteed to collapse under no deal, nor is it guaranteed to remain strong with a deal.. the odds are very much stacked against the no deal scenario. The new UK trade deals with non-EU nations amount to 8% of the trade that the UK currently has under the EU market. That's a very, very big hit to the economy if BoJo can't pull a whole hell of a lot of rabbits out of his rear in the next 4 months.

[@briansingham7706]

Can we stop saying U.K. this is England this is what England wants not the U.K.

[@yannikoloff7659]

Pretty soon it's going to be GB

[@timp2751]

Didn't several parts of wales turn in additional tory MPs in 2019? Sadly far too many voted for the simplistic message of 'get brexit done' then and we now have a government of incredibly corrupt charlatans as a result.

[@alsmith20000]

@5:05, to be fair, Johnson did seem to be pissed when he said that stuff

[@yannikoloff7659]

It's even worse, cause you shouldn't drink'n'drive. Especially a whole country

[@scottgibson7130]

This is why I moving to Spain and becoming a Spanish citizen. I'm sick to death of this kind of bull s**t !!!

[@Jermbot15]

Yeah, this isn't the move of someone who expects a deal. This is the move of someone who hopes he can get into a loud enough shouting match with the other side, so he can blame them when no deal happens. Unfortunately the EU has been doing this longer and better than Johnson and if they keep their responses as mild and understated as they have so far, he'll still end up on the hook explaining why he failed in negotiations.

[@stephanierando3477]

Once again Johnson proves that he is hellbent on No Deal, no matter it costs.

[@garth2356]

5:06 This is what a drunk Boris sounds like

[@KLanio-lr8yv]

The rest of the EU is heating up the popcorn...

[@Lee-ii9mk]

not really others are busy especially with Corona

[@steveweidig5373]

Nah, we had so much popcorn already those last couple years due to Brexit that we can't eat that stuff anymore now...

[@blakepierce5791]

Here in Ireland, we’re brewing up some good old Guinness ;)

[@wombataldebaran9686]

Don´t need to heat it. Just hold it close to the dumpster fire that already burning.

[@KLanio-lr8yv]

@@wombataldebaran9686 ite aroma of the burning porter potty might give some unwanted aroma.. Let's call it English cooking

[@simonbean3774]

He's acting like a destructive toddler. There'll be a heavy price to pay - for the poor

[@stevengrice1807]

Actual there could be a good upturn for manual workers since we can control the amount of cheap goods from Euro in favour of UK goods. More UK manufacturing.

[@helloim3j]

@@stevengrice1807 Except for all the UK manufacturing jobs that rely on exports that will go up in smoke. So many deluded Englishmen. Can't wait for No Deal! And the people that will get crushed are those that voted for it. Sweet irony and justice. The Brexit TV show is getting good again.

[@simonbean3774]

@Alan Johnson No. But I think you are. The poor always pick up the tab for the rich bastards

[@simonbean3774]

@Alan Johnson Did I say that? But anything is preferable to a liar and crook.

[@peterebel7899]

poor always pay less than the rich!

[@andrewprentice4030]

And they expect any country to think of them as honest partners in trade negotiations?

[@DatboyCarl]

WED ’ES’ DAY 😅 Just poking fun, thanks for the content!

[@glyndavies2828]

Been searching for this comment haha

[@shadeblackwolf1508]

Isn't Britain the big reason the eu state aid is this strict?

[@xano198103]

Yes.. They feared the french mostly

[@bnb7094]

-The individual who self-governs themselves does not need an external governing system. -If an external-governing-system does not promote the individual to self-govern they have failed their people and job. -Governments are there to govern those who fail to govern themselves. -If you have a government that takes responsibility over what you should be responsible for you are not governing yourself. -Responsibility, ownership, privacy, and authority are all the same things. You can't have one without the other. -Responsibility is taken not given. It is a voluntary act not a reaction. -The overall goal is always to live a happy life while at the same time allowing others to do the same. External governing is only needed when someone disrupts this goal. -The self-governing individual should govern the external government if they are not allowing them to achieve a life of happiness. Understanding creates Hope. Confusion creates Fear. It is better to be motivated by hope than react by fear. It is better to be a voluntary-individual than an involuntary one. Taking responsibility for everything you can brings you closer to happiness than any other path. Blaming others is actually laying the responsibility on someone or something else and you lose ownership, privacy, and authority to become a victim, slave, and prisoner.

[@ananr.2936]

Wow, I legit thought this year couldn't get any scarier. Boy, how naive I was...

[@ananr.2936]

@Wacky Venky tbf it is crazy to think kids will be learning about this in their history classes in years to come

[@altrag]

To be fair, this particular pile of fuckery won't really take hold until next year. So you know, 2021's off to a good start.

[@ananr.2936]

@@altrag OMG, there are other years??!!

[@altrag]

@@ananr.2936 Yep. I think 2021 is scheduled for about 6,000 days from now.

[@biornr.4031]

At least the EU doesn't seem to tolerate stunts like this

[@0penminds]

Tolerate or not it's happening 😝

[@altrag]

@@0penminds Well sure the UK can barge ahead, but there will be consequences. Potentially up to and including the UK being kicked from the single market entirely, and that brings us back to one of the biggest problems in this whole ordeal: the Northern Irish border. There's a reasonably good chance that the BoJo and his governments' blundering around could send Ireland back to the state it was in before the Good Friday Agreement. AKA a right fucking disaster. Let's just hope the final bill when released tomorrow is more in line with the withdrawal agreement _that the UK signed_ and this whole mess can remain in the realm of speculation.

[@0penminds]

@@altrag Given up caring, the EU have acted in bad faith from the start which is breaking the WA. Deny it if you like but it's obvious to anyone with half a brain. There demands are ridiculous. The sooner we can wave goodbye the better, deal or not.

[@altrag]

@@0penminds I'm not sure what all you think they've done that's been in bad faith aside from "screwing themselves just to give BoJo what he wants." But that's not really the point or the problem. Without the single market, the UK has essentially zero trading partners. And even if BoJo can get other countries to agree to a "fast" trade like Trump has promised, "fast" in terms of international politics is still a months-long process. The UK would also have little leverage in negotiations (particularly with significantly larger economies like the US, China or the EU themselves.) Even worse if they gain a reputation for breaking trust. Meaning the UK isn't likely to get horribly great deals if they're stuck in a position where they're desperate enough to rush things. Personal feelings, whether yours or BoJo's, don't really matter at the end of the day. The UK signed the withdrawal agreement. Reneging on it is breaking trust. End of story. Nobody cares about your whining excuses for doing so.

[@0penminds]

@@altrag And no one cares for your uneducated opinion. The UK 'last I checked' had 20 deals ready to start in January and a further 18 in discussion. And if you really are stupid enough to think that keeping NI half in the EU, as well as free access and setting own quotas in UK waters and equal rules state aid with EU being able to change the rules anytime they wish whilst having EU courts deciding over any dispute is acting in good faith then you're an absolute moron. A free trade agreement benefits both parties but the EU are terrified of UK success. Continue lying to yourself if you wish, plenty see them for what they are. The UK's treatment by our 'friends' during this nonsense won't be forgotten.

[@0xCAFEF00D]

How can you agree a deal with someone who can't even uphold commitments that they themselves pushed through their own legislative system? And if you'll recall it was deliberately pushed through with minimal scrutiny. Very poor practice. I hope no one believes that Boris is interested in making any deal.

[@detectivepikachu3161]

Time for scotland, wales, and northern ireland to go full Mel Gibson.

[@NicholasMonks]

Wales likely won't...not for some time at least. But interest is growing in N. Ireland, and is becoming quite strong in Scotland.

[@hoggif]

Good luck with any other negotiation if it seems UK will not confirm to existing agreements. It damages UK-EU relationship too and makes all other negotiations really difficult when others won't trust UK.

[@Chexsum]

wedesday .. for when you honestly dont know if the n is infront or behind

[@wigoow1206]

This is completely ridiculous. You can't just change an international treaty that took years to negotiate. What the F UK??

[@Woffenhorst]

I mean they *can*, but shouldn't be surprised to get treated like North Korea after that.

[@nazann]

So when did this channel receive funding from the EU?

[@Lorre982]

i have a simple question: is this mess only because uk want to return totally to the imperial mesurement system?! because it looks so...

[@physiocrat7143]

I doubt it. The cost of the change would be too much. However, it is used in the USA and Canada. Metric system is not particularly good round the house. A lot of the units are the wrong size.

[@TheCutiepuffs]

Physiocrat Canadians mostly use metric, its just the US thats special

[@Lorre982]

@@physiocrat7143 US in scyentific camp such as medicine to space agency use SI units (aka old metric system).

[@ExploreLearnEnglishWithGeorge]

it's because the UK wants to keep its off-shore tax havens (which size is what keeps the GBP amongst world currencies)

[@j.e.g.9513]

@Terry Ferguson You sounds like a mindless sheep that would got England into this entire mess because "Eu bAd, jOhnSoN GoOd"

[@billyfox6368]

It's so sad that this is going on.

[@commonsense31]

This is a disaster, and the impact of this report and plan. Has made it significantly harder to come to an agreement between UK and the EU27. Why, you ask! Simple the EU27 will demand waterproof rules and strict swift enforcement mechanism built into any future agreement between UK and EU. What this has done already is that the 27 countries will be even more cautious about trusting the UK government in general! And that has major implications for Anything related to sensitive issues, from trade all the way to foreign policies. UK absolutely Depends on some vital agreements in relation to aviation, Cross border data transfers, security! That has already been damaged by this entire rhetoric, UK has created over the last 4 years! I for one wouldn’t want my data to be transferred to UK, even today because UK have shown it doesn’t care about privacy.

[@vlippo78]

I look at this as an eu citizen. Why should we trust the uk in the future in ANY deal/agreement as it allows itself to change it unilateraly. It is the way of thinking that bothers me. This middle finger attitude that will not serve UK well.

[@TrabberShir]

My heart bleeds for Ireland. Good bye Good Friday Agreement.

[@ragzaugustus]

Northern Ireland mate, Northern Ireland, your heart bleeds for Northern Ireland.

[@moscowhq9978]

United ireland

[@mrLebesgueintegral]

Ireland has the entire EU and the US batting for it. In the end, it will be OK. It will be the ordinary people of Britain who will be most hurt by the ruling regime breaking international law

[@Adderkleet]

Northern Ireland is going to be the worst hit, no matter what happens. It now looks like the customs border might need to be on the NI/Ireland border (so the EU border can actually be managed). The thing nobody wants seem like the most-likely outcome.

[@CatOfSchroedinger]

The GFA is not only an international treaty, it is registered with the UN and safeguarded (ratified, too) by e.g. the USA. IF the UK chooses to violate this treaty the consequences will be disastrous.

[@Charlzton]

An excellent video on a very complicated subject- great work as always TLDR ❤

[@pureplay7071]

With this clown in charge, every day is a global embarrassment for the UK.

[@physiocrat7143]

The UK government should never have signed up to this in the first place.

[@MultiMattRogers]

@@physiocrat7143 ok... But they did... And now they're planning to break an agreement at the same time as trying to negotiate other deals all over the world. Why would anyone agree any kind of deal with a government that has shown no loyalty to prior arrangements? It's a problem, right?

[@physiocrat7143]

@@MultiMattRogers The whole notion of trade deals is nonsensical anyway. Trade deals are made by companies and individuals. All that governments can do is get in the way, which makes their own people poorer. They should keep their noses out of what does not concern them.

[@sirquasi]

@@physiocrat7143 "The UK government should never have signed up to this in the first place." But the Torries literally ran on signing this treaty in the G.E. last december and got an overwhelming majority in parliament with this message. So the UK voters told them to sign the treaty and "get Brexit done" (that they sold the treaty as being a great deal is another matter, these lies are a common theme in the Brexit saga). And the trade deals that governments sign are there to remove barriers and make trade easier, not the other way around. Trade barriers are there to protect the businesses and people of that country, to remove those barriers by agreeing upon a level playing field (in standards, rights and aid) allows for easier trade without unfair competition.

[@physiocrat7143]

@@sirquasi Trade deals are mostly between companies. "Protection" is what you get from the mafia. Businesses do not need it. Barriers to import are a conspiracy against the public. Level playing fields are also nonsensical. Compliance with standards is a matter of contractual obligations. Rights are in practice meaningless and unenforceable, as was shown in Leicester recently. Aid is another scam on the public but if the British government wants to waste its taxpayers' money on supplying cut price widgets to anyone in the EU who wants to buy them - an improbable thing anyway - why should people in the EU complain? If you happen to be in the same line of business, you need to be aware of the situation and step aside from making a competing product. These negotiations are just talking shops for busybodies on expenses.

[@bikkiikun]

Actually the damage of this behaviour will go waaaay beyond just the EU letting the UK have their "real" No-Deal Brexit. It will make it VERY difficult for the UK to negotiate trade-deals in general, as it has proven that it is not an honest partner. ...high risk leads to higher cost... meaning, the UK will get worse deals, because it cannot be trusted.

[@Woffenhorst]

And it will have to agree to those deals after it finds out it can't feed itself on its 20% self-sufficiency on food.

[@jamesverity2879]

So we have a clause about customs and a clause about state aid neither of which are necessary. With the first one being dealt with bureaucraticly (ie. If the customs officer in Northern Ireland implements a policy of not checking goods from the UK). It looks like ploy to get consesions on other clauses from the EU and the devolved assemblies. The first one can be surrendered as a show of good will to the EU (bearing in mind that it is in their best interest to cooperate with the UK going forward to avoid a customs nightmare) while the second can be used as a 'carrot' to persuade the Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Ireland Assemblies to support other clauses.

[@HerveMaas]

Lol... Johnson really wants Britain to become Airstrip One doesn’t he?

[@siyabongamchunu4342]

It might have been oven ready but somebody clearly forgot to take it out oven...

[@KangoV]

Bill Cash designed clauses which were added at the last minute that asserts that UK law supersedes EU law. It also asserts that UK parliament is sovereign.

[@yannikoloff7659]

There was no doubt that it's gonna happen. There was only 2 options ever; UK just give up and crowl back to EU or HardBrexit. No middle options available

[@alexpotts6520]

I disagree. There were plenty of middle options available - EEA, customs union etc - but MPs refused to vote for any of them.

[@Adderkleet]

This is beyond "hard Brexit" though. No Deal was always going to happen, but agreeing and reneging on how to deal with Northern Ireland (and goods moving from Ireland to France/Netherlands through the UK) is going to ruin any cooperation. They're burning the bridge.

[@thyrussendria8198]

@@Adderkleet While standing on it...

[@yannikoloff7659]

@@alexpotts6520 If you would follow the news, you would realise that any of those middle options would be giving up on Brexit all together, so that would be unexeptable for MPs. And the simplest equasions to that problem is NoBrexit or HardBrexit. Britons voted twice on Brexit, so it's happening. End of story

[@alexpotts6520]

@@yannikoloff7659 At this point, sure. I was talking about what politicians could have done differently over the past four years, and particularly during the hung parliament.

[@Andromahlius]

Shows the value of the UK government seal is null. Nice showing the EU they shouldn't even bother to discuss an agreement the UK won't uphold.

[@DrowSorcerer]

There is a simpler way... Ireland's unification. And why not. Scottish independence too

[@helloim3j]

Brexit's back baby! The writing on that show was starting to get stale but they've really upped the ante lately. Hoping for a No Deal finale. Next season/series could be even better.

[@eriktorgler7748]

The other important thing to note about the UK possibly doing this is that it undermines all of the agreements that they have reached or could reach with other countries. What country is going to trust you to abide by the terms of an agreement when you just broke one with your largest trading partner?

[@FatRonaldo1]

3:46 it’s quite obvious that things have changed a bit since December 2019, and maybe the collapsing economy would make state aid more appropriate? Just a thought

[@alanedwards6491]

One issue is the EU don't always follow state aid rules.....

[@neodym5809]

Example?

[@tutenvanman2715]

@@neodym5809 german cars

[@neodym5809]

@@tutenvanman2715 What about German cars? In what instance, on what occasion? What company?

[@Peter-je6td]

@@neodym5809 Lufthansa agrees €9bn bailout with German government

[@Peter-je6td]

@@neodym5809 Lufthansa agrees €9bn bailout with German government

[@rabbitbobo4131]

The biggest worries is that people in the UK doens't realise they are already intergrated in the EU, seperation would mean a huge social and economic restucturing. A lot of blue collar jobs would turn to factory jobs, and the GDP will shift dramatically inwards to forefill hard demands such as farming and industry. life would be much harder for those with lower education and wealth, as the economic model move closer to market like India and China.

[@siyabongamchunu4342]

Still...Good grief.

[@Mike05121988]

Well done Boris (and partly the Brittish citizens). Keep on sinking this ship that is already almost on the bottom of the ocean. If you don't want a deal just say so. The ship began sinking when the UK voted to leave and sank more when Boris became Prime Minister. If there will be no deal, than hopefully you Brittish people finally will get some sence that staying in the EU was not so bad at all and leaving was much worser.

[@mitchverr9330]

More like about 13-15% of the UK population doing it. During the election cycle about 28-30% of the country will vote for the tory party no matter what, he could shoot their nan and they would still vote for him over "the left hisssssssssssssssssss". So effectively that 30% can be written off, its the twats in the 12-15% bracket of swing voters that have effectively given the tories the power to do this when warned repeatedly how the dickhead doesnt care about the country and even shown him trying to usurp power like a petty dictator last year (unlawful shutdown of parliament). The UK wants a deal, the problem is due to multiple factors, the asshole minority took power and is doing this crap. We can hope to see the tory party oust this government but its doubtful at this stage, they will wait for him to do the damage then out him to "wasnt our fault".

[@mrid5850]

Well for a really small part british citizens. The conservative party got only 43% of the votes, but because of the First Past the Post system (FPTP) they got an absolute majority, 56% of seats, in parliament. Furthermore if you look at the percentage of votes for parties against Brexit, they also had a majority in the last election.

[@tutenvanman2715]

As the Titanic is the eu and the UK is a life boat escaping a sinking ship whats your point,

[@Mike05121988]

Well not only the conservatives were making problems. Most parties were with making a deal in the first place. Just remember that it took more than 3 years to even make a withdrawal deal in the first place which was supported by the mayority in the House of Commons. So just only blaming the tories is something wrong. The only 2 parties who aren't fully pro Brexit/anti EU are the SNP and SF.

[@mitchverr9330]

@@Mike05121988 So the Lib dems werent pro EU? ^^

[@VincentAlth]

I'm confused... when they talk about 'not at risk' goods, how do we know the goods won't leave the country?

[@Xenophaige_reads]

Do you really need 2 adverts in the middle of a 9 minute video of which over a minute is a sales pitch

[@zipfish]

You did kind of (deliberately?) miss out the important fact as explained in the torygraph: It was the day before Boris Johnson made a rare Saturday statement in the House of Commons announcing his new Brexit deal that he congratulated Sir Bill Cash for what he described at the time as the "vindication of your entire political career". The compliment had been preceded by a mammoth eight-hour meeting in Number 10 last October, when the Tory veteran and lifelong Eurosceptic had successfully managed to persuade the Prime Minister that he needed a "get out of jail free card" should future trade talks with the EU end in stalemate. Mindful that Mr Johnson's hastily-renegotiated withdrawal agreement was viewed by most Brexiteers as "Theresa May's deal in a blonde wig", the indefatigable MP for Stone, a constitutional lawyer, resolved to find a solution to a mounting problem. Without the deal, and amid a growing remainer rebellion, Brexit faced being lost altogether. But with it, Britain would be tied into a Northern Ireland Protocol that left it exposed to exploitation by Brussels. Maastricht rebel Sir Bill, who at 80 is the oldest sitting MP, suggested that a clause be inserted into the Withdrawal Agreement Bill insisting that "the Parliament of the United Kingdom is sovereign... notwithstanding the withdrawal agreement". Section 38 was duly created, specifying that "nothing in this Act derogates from the sovereignty of the Parliament of the United Kingdom".

[@Botjer1]

Hey Scotland! Wanna come hang out with Scandinavia?

[@emberszz5199]

UK: hey eu decrease our tax EU: lol no UK: if not we will leave EU: ok UK: i am leaving EU: ok UK: we have decided to not leave the eu EU: am i a joke to you

[@Yassified3425]

And it was his idea...

[@augustus331]

Love the channel but they put way too much emphasis on 'subscribe, I know most of you haven't' and 'buy our pinbadges'

[@annerigby4400]

Guinness: so what?

[@alexpotts6520]

It's almost as if they need money to buy food and pay rent. Who would have thought it?

[@kurgo_]

Tap on the screen to skip it and stop whining lad.

[@TheDuvee6]

Here in Ireland state aid is how we live and breathe. Except state aid only goes to American companies.

[@MrCheerios2011]

alternative title: 'Belligerent Boris Burns Brexit Bridges'

[@annerigby4400]

Pepijn Versluys: excellent! love it!

[@ulrichbrodowsky5016]

Up to now I thought that the British threads for hard brexit where just part of the negotiation. But this bill (assuming it actually is what the government says) looks like they are starting to accept it as inevitable

[@michaelrowsell1160]

We need to pack him back to the USA.

[@SuperSmashDolls]

American here: Oh GOD NO! We don't need another charismatic idiot politician telling everyone we can just rip up all agreements because they don't know what the word "sovereign" means.

[@iansmith2086]

I think you will find it's prime minister Johnson and the with growl agreement is based upon trust and i think you will agree that the EU as not shown a lot of trust like give us 39 billion and we can discuss if we will give you a trade deal. And since we would not extend the implementation period thay have done nothing but slow the process dawn so there is no trust between us.

[@xr8237]

I had to read this 8 times. With all the money 'saved' hopefully the UK is going to spend more on literacy.

[@iansmith2086]

@@xr8237 if you haven't got the balls to put your reel name feckof

[@idpro83]

Lying B. Johnson was lying? Surprised Pikachu face. As expected just pathetic.

[@XquizitRush]

All agreements between sovereign nations are subject to termination and/or re-negotiation.

[@jamesneilsongrahamloveinth1301]

On a point of grammar, something may CONTRADICT the withdrawal agreement or CONFLICT WITH the withdrawal agreement. It cannot CONTRADICT WITH the withdrawal agreement . . .

[@liamhalliday8437]

Regarding state aid, I think it's more the principle than the need for it. The UK is almost famously non-intervention, and honestly I'm surprised it's "only" half of the EU average. It's the fact it'd be odd for another organisation to tell a sovereign country how it can spend its own money. I kind of agree honestly. If the EU views any state aid as creating an unfair advantage, then maybe, but that should be addressed case-by-case, not wholly. More generally I expect this to either be 1) a negotiation stance, and/or 2) that the WA was signed with an expectation that the benefits would outweigh any new checks required, and so if a deal cannot be reached, then that cost-benefit no longer stacks up. N.Ireland is tricky for both parties, because the EU and ROI don't want a barrier anymore than the UK does, but with the original WA the UK was prepared to draw that line between mainland and N.Ireland, but it seems no more. We will see how this shakes out in due course!

[@liamhalliday8437]

​@fensterfred It's not the same thing at all. This is pretty strawman territory lol. It's like me saying that Mr Smith can't tell me personally how to spend my money, and then you coming along and saying, "Wait, you don't support the nation state?!". There is a difference between agreeing to a bunch of norms and being willing to trade some freedoms for safety and keeping your independence as a sovereign actor. The 2 aren't incompatible as you imagine, but are part of a spectrum.

[@liamhalliday8437]

​@fensterfred 33, and you? I just found your argument funny, and over text it seems as good a way as any of communicating it. How should a 33 year old chuckle in internet? And I agree that state aid can be abused, that's why I said on a case-by-case basis. Otherwise the UK should be more concerned with the average weighted state aid of the EU countries than vice versa, and therefore should also be able to dictate how it should be allowed to use state aid? I mean, I assume fairly obviously, that wouldn't be acceptable. It's not odd that a supranational organisation dictates how members within it spend their aid, but it is odd that it would dictate how non-members. What about foreign add? What about defence spending? Both of those could be used to gain an advantage or get better terms when trading with other parties, for example. Where does it stop under that precedent? I would favour any disputes from either the UK or the EU that the other party was abusing their state-aid to gain an unfair advantage to be settled by a 3rd party arbitrator, potentially even the WTO why we're at it. And I made no opinion on the WTO in my initial posting, just as you made no argument for or against the nation state interfering in the freedoms of its members, in relation to this point. I still do not see how the WTO has any more relevance to this example that mine does. Let's stay away from strawmen, shall we?

[@liamhalliday8437]

@fensterfred I've argued for one specific instance where case-by-case makes sense, and that's specifically in relation to the fact that the EU wants final say on the UKs state aid and the UK doesn't want to give it. lol (again I'm not sure how else to chuckle), it's not a case of the UK being afforded "better" treatment, it's a moot point. The EU shouldn't require to give the UK any treatment regarding the UKs state aid compared to its members (favourable or otherwise) by virtue of it, you know, no longer being a member. Again if that's abused, there are paths that could be pursued if it was really about fairness. I would be happy with an alternative 3rd party arbitration if the WTO isn't acceptable. But your own argument suggests here that the EU wouldn't allow an impartial / balanced 3rd party, which says a lot about the EU I suppose. The strawman to me is clear. You have suggested that my viewpoint - that the UK is sovereign and so should dictate its own state aid - is the same as me not supporting the WTO. Lol. And you've just tried to argue that my case-by-case example applies to all, which again I didn't do. You seem smart enough I'll assume that's not sloppy but deliberate, but it doesn't become you and it's pretty transparent.

[@liamhalliday8437]

​@fensterfred Lol! You do make me laugh. :)

[@liamhalliday8437]

​@fensterfred Yes of course I watched the video. What sort of crazy person comments before watching?

[@formxshape]

6:30 surely if a trader tried to avoid a tariff by shipping from China for example to UK > N.Ireland > across the non boarder into EU Ireland > and then down ireland to the port before finally being shipped across to France and driven somewhere into the wider EU - the money saved on avoiding the tariff would be eaten up on transport/shipping costs?

[@esclad]

Article 50(3) states that the EU Treaties will, “cease to apply to the State in question from the date of entry into force of the withdrawal agreement or, failing that, two years after the notification” of withdrawal, “unless the European Council, in agreement with the Member State concerned, unanimously decides to extend this period”.  Talks are not progressing so the UK is highlighting the fact the WA will "cease" if no deal reached, so not that radical and not that controversial.

[@MouflonTheAchiever]

WA is not EU Treatie, it's international law treaty between EU and UK.

[@esclad]

@@MouflonTheAchiever Wrong. From Wiki- ""The Brexit withdrawal agreement, officially titled Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, IS A TREATY between the European Union (EU), Euratom, and the United Kingdom (UK), signed on 24 January 2020, setting the terms of the withdrawal of the UK from the EU and Euratom. The text of the TREATY was published on 17 October 2019, and is a renegotiated version of an agreement published half a year earlier. The earlier version of the withdrawal agreement was rejected by the House of Commons on three occasions, leading to the resignation of Theresa May as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.""

[@MouflonTheAchiever]

@@esclad Yes, like you said. "Is a treaty BETWEEN the European Union, Euratom, and the United Kingdom". So is not internal EU treaty between members, but between independent partners on international level. We agree on that, yes?

[@esclad]

@@MouflonTheAchiever Splitting hairs.

[@GH-oi2jf]

ESClad - I agree.

[@iain4421]

I love it they get everything they wanted and they are saying fuck the withdrawal agreement.

[@gepwxaqdfsidsesg1548]

Is it possible that Boris will offer to drop the bill if the EU agree to drop fishing access to UK territorial waters from being a prerequisite for a trade deal?

[@j.j.1064]

One thing that has slipped under the radar is that Johnson said there will not be tariffs or checks between NI and Great Britain? That's correct in one sense because NI IS part of Great Britain! ; One and the same thing ie (Between Derry and Belfast there will be no tariffs or checks) fulfills this statement. However he did not say that there would not be tariffs or checks between NI and "mainland" Britain. Yes it's semantics but that is what Johnson trades in. It is always not saying what you mean and and not meaning what you say with the use of carefully crafted language that intentionally launches an assumption that they know will be grasped as a fact in order to later claim that the listeners misunderstood. It happened with the number on the side of the Brexit battle bus just to cite one of many examples.

[@jemdragons3120]

Yo congrats! You're trending!

[@dianamincher6479]

State aid subsidies-when did we get rid of free enterprise?

[@NineWorldsFromDrew]

So much bureaucracy, all just so that the UK can retain power over a region as small as Northern Ireland, whilst giving up all the influence that it held in the EU, just so that - and here’s the real kicker - Britain could “be free from unelected bureaucrats”, whilst being run by Dominic Cummings. Does this make sense to anyone else? 😂

[@yannikoloff7659]

You promised us only 9 words...

[@NineWorldsFromDrew]

Yan Nikoloff I changed my channel name to Nine Worlds, because I am of Yggdrassil. And also, because I gave up on vlogging with only nine words 😜

[@bmurkoff9]

Why is it the UK's issue to verify goods going into the republic of Ireland shouldn't that be the EU's issue? Am I missing something?

[@blixten2928]

A remarkably clear and easy to understand summary. THANK YOU.

[@tonyb9735]

It seems pretty clear to me that this latest move is intended to make sure that the EU cannot agree to any deal. The whole negotiation has been a ruse, the Tories simply wanted to be able to blame the EU when no deal was reached.

[@margaretcunningham9092]

Regarding the subsidies, the French, Italians & Germans did it underhand! Our government was so weak it said nothing! But now we are saying F**k off!!

[@robeagleR]

Imagine trying SO hard to destroy the UK that it takes rewriting an already bad agreement

[@pauljames970]

Its an agreement NOT an assurance

[@sk8899]

If UK Government keeps doing such things then a " No-Deal Brexit" is the only option which can eventually put UK's Unity at RISK leading to "Scottish Independence". Once "Scotland" leaves UK then next is going to be "Northern Ireland" which can greatly reduce UK's influence in International Geopolitics.