EU leaders issue warnings over Johnson plan to override parts of Brexit deal

Today has seen a chorus of warnings and concern from European Union leaders over Boris Johnson's plans to override key elements of the Brexit deal. (Subscribe: bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)
They spoke up as the government published legislation that it admits would breach international law.
Mr Johnson insisted he was trying to preserve the Northern Ireland peace process - but one of its architects disagreed.
The former prime minister Sir John Major said if Britain failed to keep its promises, we will have “lost something beyond price that may never be regained" .
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[@allwelcome3828]

Let’s be honest we are all here for the comments......

[@BB-hx4mj]

Couldn’t agree more

[@stavrosgeorgiades1219]

Playing football, losing 6-0 at halftime, decide to leave the stadium because we do not like the halftime score!

[@andrewbagshaw3095]

The new UK internal markets bill basically underlines and enforces provisions already made in the Brexit WA and PD, notably that “Northern Ireland is part of the customs territory of the United Kingdom” (NI protocol), that the UK-EU partnership “must ensure the sovereignty of the United Kingdom and the protection of its internal market” (PD section 4). Although the PD is not legally binding, Section 184 of the WA legally binds both parties to acting in good faith towards the objectives of the PD. The UK’s new bill aims to promote the flow of trade between GB and NI, and specifically supersedes other law and treaties (section 45), thus giving the government legal justification to remove the planned EU customs posts at NI ports and to ignore the NI protocol’s potential to interfere with state aid to NI. This is all additionally justified by Section 38 of the WA Act - “nothing in this Act derogates from the sovereignty of the Parliament of the United Kingdom”.

[@cupguin]

@@andrewbagshaw3095 yes trust the known liar, and ignore everything else. Makes sense, guess that's why Jonathan Jones resigned, because of how legal it is.

[@andrewbagshaw3095]

@@cupguin No trust from me, I'm just referring to the legal texts.

[@juderamnarine5617]

And chasing the referee across town for allowing those goals. 😂😂

[@mangalores-x_x]

@@andrewbagshaw3095 The UK agreed on there being no hard border between NI and Ireland to make the EU sign the widthdrawal agreement and avoid nittygritty agreements about that. Reneging on that treaty means the withdrawal agreement unravels and you need a new one and a trade treaty is pointless.

[@shamanahaboolist]

lol didn't seem to care about international law when it came to invading iraq

[@helenaville5939]

Indeed you're right to point out the UK's history of not having cared about international law. Thank you for reminding us of when it invaded Iraq and ignored international law to do it.

[@dicerevo]

Yea, look how well that turned out

[@hendey1950]

Boris did not invade Iraq Blair did

[@erict.watson2460]

@@hendey1950 the question is about British reputation isn't it?

[@gerrabath]

@Richard Grover Blair? Labour?? Blair??? Labour???? BoL!

[@samhartford8677]

Yes, well, Boris. Given that that is your reading of the agreement you negotiated, why did you push it through the UK Parliament and make it into international law. You could have had your no deal in January, if you had campaigned on no deal.

[@Land-of-reason]

The EU is acting in BAD FAITH.

[@JF-zv4oc]

Boris and Cummings get apparent plausible deniability by pretending they previously wanted a deal despite all the evidence to the contrary. Despite all their cheating, lying and shamelessness, the right wing press will still support them and scapegoat the EU because that is the easy answer and a get out of jail free card. I thought oily Cameron was bad but I’d have him back any day over this clown. We voted for a clown and now we have a circus.

[@davidmurphy563]

@@Land-of-reason It's the UK government that's breaking the law and going back on its word, not the EU you moron. Bad faith..

[@samhartford8677]

@@Land-of-reason No we are not. Article 184 specifically refers to negotiating according to the Political Declaration based on best endeavors. The UK through it out a long time ago. Now the UK is unilaterally changing the WA. You have no leg to stand on when it comes to negotiating in bad faith.

[@keplermission4947]

@John Russell The withdrawal was entirely a working-class idea driven by greed. The sad fact remains that nobody in the European peerage would have voted to leave the EU. You chaps really need to get your train sets out and make some more entertaining sound effects with your big mouths.

[@greggbisgrove7499]

Viva Scotland

[@guleiro]

Viva!...😊

[@janstaes2172]

i would say scotland run for your life, the english are going to drag you with them in there downfall !!! boris never read the accords i would say, he just said a sign here right

[@Pauly421]

I propose a new "United Republic" Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Well I can take or leave wales but Scotland seems cool. Let england sink with their ship its gone save yourselves

[@guleiro]

@Realist 1801 He's right, England needs to be left alone with its delusions and foolishness...

[@abelnicolae]

Scots serving English their own medicine at the propper moment "We want or sovereignty back".. deliciousness :) How do you like them apples, blondie..

[@jonaldo83]

That's not how the independence referendum went tho is it

[@TheGriffintatt]

@@jonaldo83 you mean when a vote to stay in the UK was a vote to stay in the EU?

[@jonaldo83]

@@TheGriffintatt why would you want to be apart of the eu

[@gavinturner5565]

English voted 'to leave', NOT Scotland!!! Why would Scotland 'deal' with England and their chlorinated chicken when life with E.U. and a greater population to trade with??? Leave England to be a ROGUE State. Wales, N. Ireland and Scotland would get a better Deal for themselves but NOT under English Rule!!!

[@crazyhorse6840]

Scots would act irrationally if walked away to join those mafia guys of Brussels.

[@hopeforbetter382]

Johnson thinks pulled an Ace in a game of chess!

[@RankinMsP]

Sadly that what the English voted for.

[@cosifantutte1071]

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas 😁

[@tedcrilly46]

I'm Gerry Adams and I approve this Brexit.

[@konigstiger3252]

No Deal 😃😃😃

[@dommopizza3313]

@@tedcrilly46 They haven't gone away you know!

[@kurtgodel5236]

Yes, for turkeys.

[@jimmy2minutes]

Can't have a Christian festival you loony. Get ready! Banned!

[@augustus331]

I'm from the UK living in the Netherlands, I can tell you the Europeans are rightfully pissed with the amount of money this whole Brexit has already cost, we can't afford to pull stuff like this and keep our friends. Let's keep the insanity to the American government.

[@pinchermartyn3959]

UK has givens billions to EU.

[@augustus331]

@@pinchermartyn3959 So have other European countries, whose money has in turn funded EU-projects in Britain. No matter if you are for or against Brexit, there's no need to alienate allies.

[@rollyunicorn]

What friends is that? Not the Europeans that's for sure. They stab us in the back every opportunity they get!

[@colinstephenson5386]

K MT you old chap don’t even understand what you don’t understand,

[@keepingcalm6469]

@Brother Spartacus And has enjoyed a 2,5% GDP growth with financial services to the UK in 2015 /16... the EU contribution is peanuts in comparison.

[@tomwaller6893]

Remember England we are forced to carry this Broadcast as a reserved power, by King Boris of Westminster and England. Listen closely to the part when he tells Scotland, Wales and both Ireland's that and I quote the PM here "We need a legal safety net to protect our county" In that, we both agree Boris. Scotland needs Independence from England as clearly you are talking about your voters in England, as you have so little support for you or your Toxic Tory party outside across the rest of the UK. We were a union to once Boris, but we now know how you behave in the EU and want nothing to do with any more co-operation with an English Government. You do not know how to co-operate with other sovereign countries, all you know is Engish domination over others.

[@bethanp3453]

In Wales people kind of feel the same.

[@russiandrivers9986]

We have an oven-ready prime minister

[@0muskett0]

oven ready is too good quality,more like a crappy microwave one.

[@helenaville5939]

Oven-ready and about to get stuffed.

[@paulmardle8901]

@@0muskett0 you dont know what you are talking about fool

[@lenalorne1522]

If you listen to him, you'll get burned.

[@benghiskahn3673]

He looks bonfire ready....

[@sharonramsey715]

Can this woman not listen to what the man is saying. She is twisting it to Scottish independence.

[@nicadi2005]

@Sharon Ramsey "She is twisting it to Scottish independence." - Yes. That was FEAR talking... (The fear that, among other things, this madness called Brexit will ultimately cause the UK Union to unravel.)

[@BB-hx4mj]

She is known for doing that, have you seen what she did in her interview with Jordan Peterson?

[@scifino1]

@John A Doe Maybe it should just be called Eexit

[@clivemortimore8203]

Will all those countries who we should have had these "World Beating" trade deals when we left the EU in January trust us?

[@ralphmacchiato3761]

Depends on how important other countries find adherance to international law by a potential trade partner. Might be quite important.

[@tedcrilly46]

all the credibility of a pinky promise.

[@clivemortimore8203]

@@tedcrilly46 kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2bUl6dogrp5rLs

[@trevtall1094]

Any other nation can see the EU is acting in bad faith and is out to destroy the UK. A nation that just wants to trade will see this as sensible actions of a government.

[@kryoboy36]

@@tedcrilly46 I hear your a brexiteer now father😉😂😂😂

[@albertmcmullen2669]

I'm shocked, shocked to find out, that there is gambling going on in this casino.

[@adiadindas]

Protecting Sovereignty is not a gambling. It is a fundamental right of an independent nation. In the past messsing up with soverignty would mean a deceleration of war.

[@adiadindas]

@MR Spoon Elaborate why defending a sovereignty is a wet dream ??

[@janstaes2172]

nancy pelosi said in the news, if the uk continues on this road there will be no deal with the us ! i m not even talking when the uk is taken to the courts ! this will have consequences for the reputation of the uk

[@enriquehenry7794]

​@@adiadindas EU doesn't want to break UK sovereignty, but EU is not going to make special laws to accomodate what the UK wants. If UK wants access to the common market, it has to pay a price, like Norway does. UK is bullying the entire world because of fake electoral promises by the tory party.

[@jollymarcus]

Adi Adindas but UK is still not an independent, sovereign country, not until it actually untangles from the EU and reach the stage where it has nothing to do with Brussless and its negotiators. And this is not that stage. BoJo is actually premature in his excercisse of independent and sovereign rule. And yes, there is gambling going on with the future of UK citizens and economy.

[@reacp9114]

didn't hear anyone in the EU being "furious"

[@gavinturner5565]

They have stated their disbelief!!!

[@Rumpelstyltskin]

Macron and Martin had calls with Borris and I am sure they made clear their displeasure.

[@cookiecola5852]

Well they are diplomats which means they meant to keep their cool, but do know it will have consequences

[@maartenvandam344]

The whole point of the EU, the most essential idea behind the entire project, is that we don't get furious with eachother anymore and lose our respective rags, but that we keep calm and talk to eachother. The UK government of the day is certainly pushing it, but the rest of us will do just that : Keep calm, and carry on. Remember that?

[@Francisco_CS]

...astonishment, not fury... astonishment at England's behavior !!!

[@brucewayne7838]

mr barmier looks like his blood pressure is going through the roof.

[@cromac3319]

It’s remarkable that so many are surprised! The English have a long record of broken treaties going back to the Treaty of Limerick (1691). Our ancestors had an old saying “Remember Limerick”!!

[@vattenpoel1328]

If this is the way UK is thinking, we can forget you all for the foreseeable future. If UK has no interest in abiding to international law, fine face the consequences. It is all of your own making.

[@Land-of-reason]

The EU is acting in BAD FAITH.

[@ramesh_manga]

@@Land-of-reason repeating a delusion won't make it true. Regardless of who is acting in bad faith, breaking the law breaks all UK credibility in international affairs.

[@vattenpoel1328]

@@Land-of-reason NO, you all wanted and voted for this. You have still not even defined what your negotiating position is. The EU is taking care of its own, and that is the way it should be.

[@Land-of-reason]

@@vattenpoel1328 Exactly. It is acting in BAD FAITH.

[@vattenpoel1328]

@@Land-of-reason What? Of course we want to take care of our own. You have decided to leave, it is your decision. Own it .

[@P_Barne_II]

It's gonna be hard brexit... don't know why anyone believe boris and what he says... believe what he doesn't say and you will live a happy life

[@FoxTrotteur]

No, it's gonna be a "no deal brexit" A "hard Brexit" would imply a deal. And the "soft Brexit" is dead with the backstop

[@95winston]

Johnson is an utter #Charlatan

[@willywonka1815]

Why sign something if you don't agree with it?

[@jonsid6628]

So what you're saying is....channel 4 is angry.

[@jeansouthworth5880]

If I had had any misgivings on this at all they have flown out of the window after seeing Major walking out with Blair. I detest both of you. All you care about is money, money, money. You might have money but you have no love for our great country. You are failures as people . You have no honour.

[@wall-e7179]

Lol I get that reference. So what you're saying is....

[@normanstewart7130]

@@jeansouthworth5880 Great countries don't renege on treaties.

[@normanstewart7130]

@Fred Fernackerpan That's a strange argument. You're saying "my country is rubbish, but some other countries are rubbish too, so that's all right".

[@normanstewart7130]

@Fred Fernackerpan Yes, it was one of your Brexiteer colleagues that came up with that one.

[@MrLSD]

No matter what way you voted in the referendum or in the election, this is an analogy of whats going on... The UK Gov and EU designed a house so to speak which they would build and furnish over the transition period. When construction was due to start the UK Gov turned around and said "actually I want the kitchen on the opposite side so lets redesign it and STILL get it done in time for the original deadline". The EU has said "Look, this isn't possible, we agreed the original design in good faith and have planning permission, the framework is there, we need to do the actual building. Lets get on with it!" UK Gov : "...so yeah I also want to remove all sources of water from the house" (analogous to recent events). EU: "Look all houses NEED a water source, its a necessity" The EU are visibly frustrated and perplexed (for obvious reasons). UK to its friend "So yeah we love the original design and asked for no changes. Its the EUs fault" So regardless of if you are a leave voter or a remain voter, the reality is this, the UK Gov are changing the goalposts. We are the collateral. Like or dislike the EU, there has to be a better way of doing things than this.

[@mikeatfreo2112]

No MrLSD, thats not what it appears to be to me watching from Australia. The design was never agreed. Despite the EU saying that the house didn't need a kitchen because all cooking could be continued in their existing Kitchen (EU will decide on British fishing policy and competition laws), UK still tried to negotiate. EU refused absolutely that the house could have its own facilities that would be normal features of a separate house. Over a long period of negotiating, the EU has refused to move on this. If UK is to be independent, then the UK parliament must assume that there is no point in talking for a longer period and just get on with protecting the UK interest.

[@Rayred27]

@@mikeatfreo2112 U are probably watching something totally different or just been ignorant!

[@alpertroncp2198]

Acting defiantly and shouting sovereignty sounds like risky business for a country running a deficit.

[@land7776]

lol, what country doesn't run a deficit?..awaiting your Google search..

[@alpertroncp2198]

land It's not just that there IS a deficit, but rather the scale of it. The UK has one of the biggest deficits in the world. And yet still they're negotiating recklessly. A country in such a position that's tiresome and difficult to negotiate with is making a mistake.

[@PMMagro]

So unsmooth. Very surprising from the UK off all nations. Just say if the treaty creates problemes for us we must do something about it in the UK. To start saying we will not follow our own agreements is not.. brilliant while negotaiting new big agreemnets with the same party and even persons in some cases.

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

Brexiteers once again showing how trustworthy they are.

[@seanlove3365]

Could that journalist who interviewed Blackford and the Welsh premier be more of a bull horn for the government?!?! Talking brexit slogans like 'unelected commissioners', disgraceful.

[@eurotop40]

I am surprised that only now British politicians are concerned about a loss of credibility, whereas this has been the case for much longer.

[@Nostrahomos]

I for one find it shocking that the UK government is willing to break international agreements when they think it is to their advantage, something like our neighbors to the East. I have often wondered why the UK is so tolerant of Turkish aggressiveness regarding Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean!

[@AM-es5up]

The EU has broken international law and have never negotiated in good faith.... the U.K. can and will not be on the back foot to the EU now or ever....! Spot on Boris...!!! The SNP would pick holes in anything.... to get independence.... the U.K. must pull together now not constantly rip the U.K. apart...!!!

[@brucewayne7838]

im all for scrapping these devolved parliaments anyway, bring it back to westminster where it belongs, if the other parts of the uk dont like it they can have a vote and clear off and it would save the english taxpayer a fortune. it was blairs idea to create these assemblys and we all know where he was born --- edinburgh.

[@guitounours]

Broken international law? Take your medecine, bro.

[@marsin21]

Well done fools!

[@janstaes2172]

abandon ship run for your lives !!!

[@CatholicSatan]

There was a _Single Market_ - not only within the UK but across the whole continent of Europe. It was (and is) BRexit that is destroying these single markets! But, hey, we were told time after time (in Parliament especially) that BRexiters _knew_ what they were voting for.

[@TWFydGlu]

Time for Boris to reveal that oven ready deal.

@@TWFydGlu yes it's called good ol' shephereds pie and none of that fancy foreign stuff we cant pronounce, which looks like and smells like something you scrape off the bottom of your shoe taramousoaki nonsense. lol !

[@mikelock8477]

We dont want access to the single market, we want an FTA same as other countries who are not in the EU. The only side trying to break up a single market is the EU, they want the power to break up the UK. Well they have been caught out. The UK is a sovereign country who must protect itself from all enemies, internal and external. We do not want 91% of the EU fish , or our courts to have precedence over theirs. Neither do we want to have the power to stop them helping businesses within the EU which get into difficulty. We also do not want the power to change laws and then make them adhere to our laws. BUT they want all these powers over us, so tell me which other country would allow this.

[@TWFydGlu]

@@mikelock8477 In all this delusion I think the level playing field is the most hilarious. The Tories pushed EU to adopt the level playing field legislation, because they are against state aid. Then they brexit and are against the laws they wrote. But hey, whatever gets them to a no deal while escaping domestic blame is fair game.

[@mikelock8477]

@@TWFydGlu Sorry mate the level playing field is solely an EU Demand, all the UK requested was a FTA like other countries have with the EU. No other non EU country has to give up 91% of its fish, give up the supremacy of it own courts to the ECJ or bind themselves to EU laws and legislation.

[@Lastie1987]

WTO doesnt cover trade in services wich is/was 30 percent of your economy . How you brexit guys want to sort it out ?

[@worldeconomicforumbarbie9323]

Break that damn bank up.

[@konigstiger3252]

Same way every other country on earth does

[@worldeconomicforumbarbie9323]

@@konigstiger3252 World Order. New World Order. WORLD Trade Bank. Is all the technocrats, and possibly by now, the center bank, where all banks, no longer independent, will try and shut down economies, using, i don't know, a fake virus!

[@kelletman]

If, buts and maybes. that's why the remain camp lost the EU referendum vote - If my aunt had B she'd be my uncle.

[@worldeconomicforumbarbie9323]

@phillip hall VIVA LA BRITAIN!

[@beijingpete]

It looks like a deliberate act of sabotage by the Tories

[@andrewbagshaw3095]

The new UK internal markets bill basically just underlines and enforces provisions already made in the Brexit WA and PD, notably that “Northern Ireland is part of the customs territory of the United Kingdom” (NI protocol), that the UK-EU partnership “must ensure the sovereignty of the United Kingdom and the protection of its internal market” (PD section 4). Although the PD is not legally binding, Section 184 of the WA legally binds both parties to acting in good faith towards the objectives of the PD. The UK’s new bill aims to promote the flow of trade between GB and NI, and specifically supersedes other law and treaties (section 45), thus giving the government legal justification to remove the planned EU customs posts at NI ports and to ignore the NI protocol’s potential to interfere with state aid to NI. This is all additionally justified by Section 38 of the WA Act - “nothing in this Act derogates from the sovereignty of the Parliament of the United Kingdom”.

[@alpertroncp2198]

Andrew Bagshaw Nothing like a KZbin lawyer

[@andrewbagshaw3095]

@@alpertroncp2198 I'm not a lawyer, I just decided to read the legal texts, which I would recommend to anyone interested in whether or not the UK is a "rogue state", or whatever else they're calling us at the moment.

[@alpertroncp2198]

Andrew Bagshaw Looks to me like it's less of a rogue state than a very difficult one.

[@andrewbagshaw3095]

@@alpertroncp2198 I guess that's true for a lot of EU people, but from my perspective it will be very important to protect the UK's internal trade in the event of no deal. Otherwise the EU could impose tariffs on all goods moving from GB to NI, as well as restricting state aid to NI. Most of NI's trade is with GB, so the consequences of that could be very bad.

[@pierrelindgren5727]

"In a rush" and "under pressure". Well, it's not like Johnson could ask for an extension... oh, wait, he could. Entire mess here is Johnson's fault. He negotiated and agreed the deal, then campaigned on it, yet, supposedly, had no idea what it said nor did anyone in his party. If you're a brexiter, couldn't you have elected someone competent and honest? It's fine if you want to leave, but it's in everyone's interest it's done in an planned and orderly fashion.

[@jebbo-c1l]

what a circus of a government

[@digitalqueen167]

Whatever! Do what needs to be done.

[@oak699]

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Signing another International Treaty with the ERG Junta would be insane, as they are guaranteed to break that one too.

[@6dotdotdot]

Slippery slope!. If thats what it takes to regain sovereignty then bring it on. The Eu get's what they are given. Independence first and not give in to the remainers fear and loathing. There are better accounts of the legal position but not here.

[@blackamericanlesbianprofes4357]

Thank you for posting this video.

[@sagichnicht6748]

Why is no one asking Boris, if this trade deal with the EU is also being negotiated in a rush. Then we all know what it is worth. We knew that the word of No10 isn't worth the oxygen consumed, now we know its signature bears the very same value.

[@casteretpollux]

There isnt going to be a deal. The whole idea is to disrupt and weaken Europe including the UK). Johnson and Cummings are having their strings pulled by both Russia and the US.

[@sagichnicht6748]

@Albert Pike You can name call others as much as you like but you need to resort to alternative facts if you want to tell us that Putin is unhappy with Brexit. Are you making that claim?

[@mike.B.1]

I wouldn't trust bozo to walk a dog in a park

[@user-vu9ys5wm7d]

O god no ! not the dogs next

[@ajaya5451]

what is wrong with seeking a clarification to make sure we don't end up with a border down the irish sea. when uk handed over our fish to the common market it was on the understanding that if we ever left we would take it back with us. pacta sunta servanda = so feed on that

[@42earthling]

If not in the Irish sea, it will be a border through Ireland which is a breach of the GFA.

[@wurgel1]

"what is wrong with seeking a clarification to make sure we don't end up with a border down the irish sea" Considering a bourder down the irish sea is what was agreed upon, when Bozo renegotiated the WA, then it isn't a clarification, but a unilateral change to a contract. Aka breaking the contract, which in this cas was ratified into law by both sides. "when uk handed over our fish to the common market it was on the understanding that if we ever left we would take it back with us. pacta sunta servanda = so feed on that" You didn't hand over fishing rights. You SOLD the rights to fish in british waters to non-british fishers. Again, a contract, signed by both sides, which you now want to break, while the EU wants you to honour what you signed.

[@ramaslama]

Blackford the Baffoon

[@gerrabath]

It's Buffoon you Baffoon. LoL!

[@TheASMRCyclist]

I urge everyone reading this to email their MP reminding them of their duty to uphold the law (it doesn't matter whether that's national or international) set out in Paragraph 5, Section III of The Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament. Passing the Internal Markets Bill would break international law and therefore would be a clear breach of the Code of Conduct.

[@TheASMRCyclist]

@Albert Pike You do recall that our Governments have repeatedly signed treaties which shared law-making powers with the EU don't you?

[@emm_arr]

@@TheASMRCyclist Al Pike is a putinbot. Vlad's little shitpost soldier!

[@End-Result]

Scotland should pursue independence no matter what, as should Wales. We will without doubt see a united Ireland within the next 10 years. All of this will only accelerate the process.

[@jamiejones8508]

Sooner or later the United Kingdom will break under Brexit. Ironic how many naive (UK) nationalists voted for Brexit under the delusion that somehow it would make Britain great.

[@casteretpollux]

True but at terrible cost unfortunately.

[@jamiejones8508]

@phillip hall sophisticated riposte - Time will tell on the union, but as you’re such a fan of Brexit, can you explain what the benefits have been thus far?

[@kryoboy36]

@phillip hall 😂😂😂little England

[@jimmy2minutes]

Scotland should leave one union, then join another union. Great.

[@barbaralindhjem1582]

Majors is right...... Johnson has no integrity or honour.

[@prasanamcdonald7991]

This was the man who had an affair with Edwina Curry and lost to a lying Blair!

[@andrewbagshaw3095]

The new UK internal markets bill basically just underlines and enforces provisions already made in the Brexit WA and PD, notably that “Northern Ireland is part of the customs territory of the United Kingdom” (NI protocol), that the UK-EU partnership “must ensure the sovereignty of the United Kingdom and the protection of its internal market” (PD section 4). Although the PD is not legally binding, Section 184 of the WA legally binds both parties to acting in good faith towards the objectives of the PD. The UK’s new bill aims to promote the flow of trade between GB and NI, and specifically supersedes other law and treaties (section 45), thus giving the government legal justification to remove the planned EU customs posts at NI ports and to ignore the NI protocol’s potential to interfere with state aid to NI. This is all additionally justified by Section 38 of the WA Act - “nothing in this Act derogates from the sovereignty of the Parliament of the United Kingdom”.

[@benjaminsimpson6254]

I'm glad we have a news channel that doesn't let unanswered questions slide

[@markhughes7927]

EU honesty on free trade : UK legal compliance EU dishonesty on free trade : UK ‘abrogation’ or clarification permitted under article 38 and so within the terms of the law. The EU trick of stalling the talks to lever its desired outcome has not washed - as the UK’s negotiators continue to say ‘Give us the free trade relation which you have with numerous other trading partners outside the EU and we will come to an agreement with you; don’t and we won’t.

[@GreatgoatonFire]

The Irish need to send in Robogarda to arrest BoJo for clowning without the license.

[@kurtgodel5236]

It's not just the license he lacks.

[@smoozerish]

Brits need to leave northern Ireland sooner rather than later

[@user-vu9ys5wm7d]

Yes England should adopt the DUP voters from there . They are a problem in Ireland. Take them to Brexit areas and set up new lives. Ireland and Scotland need away from England.

[@kryoboy36]

@@user-vu9ys5wm7d agreed m8. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🤝🇮🇪

[@voice.of.reason]

Smoozerish has no idea. Never even set foot in NI I'm sure, hasn't a clue about the people of NI

[@voice.of.reason]

Irexit is what Ireland should be doing. Google it

[@jasondevon481]

No we don't. Northern Ireland will always be part of our United Kingdom. The Republic of Ireland will beg to rejoin the UK in a decade when the EU has collapsed.

[@brucewayne7838]

the eu is breaking international law by agreeing to negotiate in good faith and the breaking their word so if they are not careful the uk might take them to court. im just wondering how much in assets the e.u owes the uk as the uk has paid the eu half a trillion pounds since it joined in 1973 . so i would say the uk owns alot of their infrastructure anyway.

[@tamhunter5025]

Like what

[@brucewayne7838]

i thought " may" said on many occasions that " nothing is agreed until everything is agreed "

[@godfreyakuchuwa2531]

Let them go and go forever with absolutely nothing

[@tamhunter5025]

Who

[@selcovoilucian8253]

UK can strike a trade deal with Antarctica!! Brittania waives the Rules!

[@ParcelOfRogue]

We get ice and penguins, they get ....heaters?

[@jamesherold8655]

love the comment hope you do not mind if i use it

[@Theosopherbatshit]

🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@ParcelOfRogue]

@@Theosopherbatshit That decorative Union flag will probably not exist in 10-20 years time, the the failing UK breaks up, due to the stupidity of English populism

[@Theosopherbatshit]

Its my country and im proud of it. A true and long lasting union spanning over hundreds of years and it shall not be ripped apart by the EU. God bless our 🇬🇧

[@olivergrumitt8033]

Maybe Boris Johnson breaking the Withdrawal Agreement is wrong, but, Channel 4, why no interviews with anybody who supports that idea? I am neutral on the EU debate but again and again Channel 4 is so one sided on this and other issues. If it is going to be biased, then it should least have the honesty to say so.

[@Rheinmeister09]

Serious question from an Irish person to an English person - is there a genuine understanding that the Republic of Ireland is an independent country (let's park the whole Brussels tells us what to do argument for a moment) that is remaining in the EU, single market and customs union and has not been a British colony for a long time? And also that Northern Ireland is part of the UK and is leaving the EU along with the rest of the UK thereby creating just a teeny bit of a problem when it comes to trade between 2 different jurisdictions? Genuinely serious question.

[@Gilberto90]

1. Ireland was not a British 'colony' from at least 1800 onwards; it elected MPs to Westminster and had its peers represented in the Lords - which was something that neither the 'Thirteen Colonies', Canada, India, Australia nor New Zealand ever enjoyed. By which I mean to say that the Irish man in Dublin enjoyed the same political rights as the English man in Manchester. There's no need for such emotive language. 2. Of course there are going to be some trade issues between the two jurisdictions but the common travel area will still exist. Unfortunately there is a mostly unspoken threat of people trying to blow up our citizens if we take the necessary steps to recognise this difference in law. I'd rather not have people blown up for 'trade issues' but I'd also like my government to be able to legislate for all our territories when necessary.

[@Rheinmeister09]

@@Gilberto90 with respect, the Easter Rising in 1916 was the beginning of us getting independence from the UK to allow us to take the steps necessary to make our own laws and govern ourselves the way we see fit as a country. Anything prior to that is not independence as far as people in the ROI are concerned. Regarding trade across the North/Republic border, I'm not sure that you realize just how porous that whole area is (someone's farm of land can cover the ROI and the North, you could cross a bridge in a rural area and get on the bridge in the North, cover the ROI at a certain point and get off the bridge back in the North) and the potential for people to smuggle from the UK into the EU and vice versa. This is a legit concern for which some resolution was provided through the WA that also maintained the GFA which both the UK and Irish governments are co-guarantors. People along that border area don't know whether they are coming are going and what does someone who lives in the Republic but works in the North or vice versa do if the WA becomes void, no trade deal is announced and a hard border needs to go back up to protect the single market and the EU. Not sure what exactly you considered emotive in my initial question but thank you for your response as you have provided clarity on what were my initial thoughts about the English viewpoint to the ROI.

[@jamescopeland6428]

@@Rheinmeister09 - In all honesty, there is no intention to renege on the CTA between UK and RoI, at least on our part and I believe the same to be true for RoI. There possibly will be a sticking point however with the EU, for reasons you stated. The CTA was in effect long before the EU existed however, as such if there is a discrepancy then it will be due to what came later - specifically the EU. The compromise is to separate the De Jure and De Facto and treat them accordingly (which we have already signalled we are happy to do), however this also has to be met with the EU agreeing to relax its rules in Ireland for the CTA to continue as it always did, further for the GFA to continue as it is. It's genuinely not something that can be solved by one side alone, as it needs compromise on both ends. Is there a concern that Irish interests will be thrown under the bridge by the EU to protect the integrity of their single market? Yes, of course. It is all too easy to blame the problem on Brexit, but in truth the membership of EU and its rules did not take into account already existing agreements that were in place decades prior. Thus, it was conditional upon membership of all parties - something which was never a static guarantee to begin with. So for all intents and purposes, our position has been clear for quite some time now - but your question would be better directed at the EU to understand their position and what they are willing to do to accommodate Ireland. Hope that is helpful and useful.

[@Rheinmeister09]

@@jamescopeland6428 I hear you and I don't think that people are intentionally trying to scupper the Good Friday Agreement in No. 10 (maybe take Dominic Cummings out of that - don't find him at all trustworthy). But I go back to my original question, does No. 10 or the English people really understand NI politics or even the fact that the ROI is an independent country? There is a whole generation of young people that voted (for or against Brexit) who did not grow up in a time when IRA bombs were going off in London so don't really understand NI politics and to quote one young guy that was on Newsnight during the Brexit divorce period "why don't we just give NI back to the ROI and move on"? The reality was that David Cameron never thought that this would happen and there never really was any conversation about how you trade across an open border in NI. Both the UK and ROI joined the EU at the same time. Now the UK is leaving and ROI is staying in a different market. And slap bam in the middle of this is that land border that covers Northern Ireland and the ROI or the only UK/EU border and how do you trade when part of that border involves farmlands/back roads/small bridges that cover both jurisdictions without a proper agreement in place? The WA provided some assurance that the integrity of the GFA would remain, how to trade and to prevent Irish people from not feeling cut off from the rest of the island and that's what the House of Commons passed in to law. If the Common Travel Area went away in the morning, it would be an inconvenience but not exactly earth shattering. The GFA is what stabilized both sides in the conflict and that is the crux of why Irish people in the North or ROI are concerned by this latest move by the British govt. and to not even given Dublin a heads up before Peter Foster breaks the news in the FT was also a bit surprising. I think No. 10's position on Brexit regarding England, Scotland and Wales might have been clear - regarding NI, eh, I think the waters are very merky there. Ask Arlene Foster of the DUP or businesses in NI - confusion seems to be the name of the game for them regarding Brexit. Take Brexit out of the mix for a moment and to raise another topic that always makes me scratch my head when English people knowingly decide to say an Irish person is suddenly British when they achieve something great - why? An Irish guy wins a stage of the Tour De France yesterday and he becomes British. Paul Mescal from Normal People who grew up just outside Dublin becomes British when he gets nominated for an Emmy this year to name just two. All of those things large or small just promote this idea in Ireland that English don't really see the ROI as an independent country - just part of the "British Isles".

[@franciscouderq1100]

James Copeland you seem to forget that the UK asked for Brexit NOT the EU

[@brucewayne7838]

as boris,s contribution to the deal (treaty) in the real world, was only to remove the wording of the backstop, i would say that the deal (treaty) in the real world is about 98% theresa mays con. hence the reason for the internal market bill.

[@kevinglennon2370]

Sir John Major? Sorry was he ever someone to listen to or take note of? He is no better than Tony Blair.

[@eughrologh]

The only person those muppets are better than is Boris.

[@chubeye1187]

Thicko why do you want the UK to be poorer

[@casteretpollux]

Blair and Major both reputedly young recruits into British Secret Services.

[@calvinlimgo]

And Boris Johnson is better? Seriously???

[@voice.of.reason]

Major - fucked up the economy 15% interest rate, £££ crash as desperately he tried to keep the UK tied to the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, he is also cheat and liar -shagging Edwina Currie behind Norma's back. He also stabbed Thatcher in the back.

[@absoluterainbow]

If Brexit finally happens and thus United Kingdom leaves the EU, they should leave it for good. (Continue here) When British meant freedom, they meant Brexit. It's happening. We now all know what Brexit will be. But we have to admit one thing that would protect their freedom (and potentially all the Brexit's theoretical benefits) if done, and that is: After Brexit, United Kingdom should never return to the EU again, ever. Why? Because of two reasons: - Firstly, how most Brits wanted to leave EU. This is evident in the votes on June 23rd, 2016, where the majority of the votes chose to leave the EU. Which only confirms that the British wanted UK to leave EU, which formed Brexit of nowadays. - Secondly, Brexit is believed to have only several all-considerable upsides and thus claimed by many Brits to utterly lacks a real downside. This is only theoretical, however many Brits (especially the Brexitter and virtually all pro-Brexit guys) have supported these theoretical benefits and even claims that Brexit would be among the best things happened to the UK, without ruling the risks and possible consequences. Yeah, this is more like it. If UK leaves, they should leave for good.

[@aldrinvallejo2404]

SNP is so pathetic and too much hypocrisy!

[@patrickdoyle9304]

Johnson might be trying to get rid of northern Ireland

[@emm_arr]

Mmm. For whom? Who is Brexit really for? It's a pressing question.

[@davidlamont5793]

No

[@davidlamont5793]

Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed now that statement included the northen ireland protocol the reason it was aloud to be sneaked in so easily was nothing is agreed until everything is agreed NO DEAL

[@brutallyhonest9140]

He won't put a border up don't worry. It is the EU who want to force the UK into doing that the tricksters

[@JayJay5244]

It would make his Brexit easier

[@ardakolimsky7107]

BJ: The PM who turned the UK into GB.

[@petegromov9037]

"Gang Bang"?

[@ardakolimsky7107]

@@petegromov9037 Would that it were...

[@petermoxham2625]

Into a white banner with a red cross with maybe a little dragon ready to be slaughtered by our Turkish Saint.

[@itsmebatman]

If you listen to that Welsh guy BoJo could well be turning the UK into little England.

[@petermoxham2625]

@@itsmebatman Well the Welsh farmers would like to carry on selling their Lamb to France.

[@emm_arr]

That's not the best idea ever! Who is behind Johnson and Cummings? I'd suggest there's a Russian connection ... as always with Brexit.

[@emm_arr]

@K MT Aww - and up pops a Russian to shitpost in response! Who is behind Johnson and Cummings? I'd suggest there's a Russian connection ... as always with Brexit ... and lots of Russian hard currency!

[@emm_arr]

@K MT Whatever that meanz, Al. Lots of Russian money backing Brexit. Fancy being a guarantor to a Deutsche Bank loan to keep UKIP afloat! Silly shitpost! #ShitpostQuean

[@trevtall1094]

Are for real? Just how brainwashed by lefty propaganda can you lot get? You're as bad as flat earthers

[@keithpilkington3122]

THESE FORINERS DONT KNOW The MOOD OF The PEOPLE Of UK .

[@madbun1312]

get your whole head in frame man, your making us look bad!

[@gruntymchunchy1527]

Who gives a sheet about that. What's more important is the message.

[@rejiark2500]

Brace for crash. Brace for isolation. Brace for poverty. Brace for poor future of your children.

[@knutkatastrophe2722]

Beta Boy, cry like a baby! Run and hide, you tool

[@rejiark2500]

@@knutkatastrophe2722 you think ...go fcking learn some history of your own country

[@pockets1]

We have not broken Internatoional law, we have stoped the EU using internal trade at a later stage!

[@emm_arr]

Who is behind Johnson and Cummings? I'd suggest there's a Russian connection ... as always with Brexit. That's why the putinbot who trolls this site like a bad smell overreacts to me! She gives her game away - much like her integrity!

[@emm_arr]

@K MT Whatever that means, Al. It's a mystery! Like Vladimir Puntang's bedmate.

[@toyotaprius79]

15:10 That interviewer with the Scottish SNP MP was utterly uncouth and insincere and negatively-biased with her inquisition that there is no worry (from an English perspective) because it's a ploy for the justification for Scottish Independance.

[@voice.of.reason]

Everything is about independance for the SNP , it's a broken record. They twist any topic into that. They are very bad for Scotland, they are obsessed with it even though it has already been decided by voters they don't want it and it would leave Scotland worse off.

[@toyotaprius79]

@@voice.of.reason That doesn't seem a very objective argument but more of a (be honest) biased, emotive response of language in defense of the Union. No word of their track record and policies they made governance in Scottish parliment. It's rich to comment about twisting any topic from your English liberal-market perspective.

[@philgreenfield8704]

JOHN MAJOR!!! Your having a laugh!

[@lesmatthews6684]

Yeah and walking hand in hand with that war criminal blar

[@ioanpena]

U.K. still thinks it is an empire !!!

[@voice.of.reason]

@Albert Pike He must be. What a tool he is.

[@franznarf]

🇬🇧 to 🇨🇳: you don't respect agreements, you are gonna pay for this betrayal 🇬🇧 to 🇪🇺: we don't respect agreements, we are gonna pay for this betrayal

[@michaelrch]

This breach of trust and law could not happen at a worse time. We will be without a single meaningful trade deal come 1/1/21. We are desperately in need of trade deals around the world. But who is going to engage with this load of incompetent chancers? Let alone rush a trade deal through in months rather than the usual period of 7 years which is the average for new trade deals. This is just a display of staggering ineptitude and hubris.

[@mootamoonta261]

It used to be May running to the EU. Now it's Barnie running to London.

[@bf2840]

Moota Moonta When May was PM, GB was a member of the EU, that’s why the talks took place there. Now that the GB is no longer a member of the EU, the talks are both in the EU and the GB. That is normal in international talks. So Boris is also running down to us.

[@acegarcia3719]

The Tories should tell the SNP if they keep talking like that we'll use all the new investment money on England.

[@franciscouderq1100]

But but but you have done that all along, no?

[@kenbeaumont6083]

J major and Tony spouting about keeping promises ?. They have room to talk.

[@grannykelly5799]

Caught in a trap you will try and extricate yourself by foul means

[@s13hgp]

@James Berry Mary cannot understand writing scripted by adults.

[@s13hgp]

@Richard Grover The people in the EU are tired of the behaviour of these clowns, I have worked in Norway, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Denmark et al in construction. The ordinary folk are tired of this CIRCUS.

[@petegromov9037]

Bozo shot himself in the head and now is trying to say "EU did it".

[@s13hgp]

@@petegromov9037 Read www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/1/section/38 . You may understand?

[@s13hgp]

@Richard Grover For sure most of those living in the EU are tired of these mindless federalists plotting to establish a superstate. The majority cannot even meet the NATO requirements.

[@paulbuant5802]

A new Boris U turn !

[@philjames6206]

He is attempting to become 'spaghetti junction' 2.

[@benbim540]

it should have been no deal from the beginning it's what we voted for. break away pay them nothing.

[@maddwarf7976]

The Channel 4 doesn't get it. It is over. There is no need to talk to such a govermant with a pending bill like this. The UK will face itself in front of an international court.

[@voice.of.reason]

No it won't the UK doesn;t have to answer to anyone anymore.

[@maddwarf7976]

@@voice.of.reason Wait and see

[@rogerseeva3955]

Nicola go ahead and call for a election and see whether the Scottish people support you.

[@markwilkie3677]

An election? or a referendum? Either way I think majority of Scots would back her. Have you seen the polls??

[@neilwildgoose7459]

If we don’t leave , I think there will be civil unrest 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@kryoboy36]

@@markwilkie3677 56% buddy👍 I've still not set the law hill on fire yet😉😂😂😂

[@kryoboy36]

@@neilwildgoose7459 yup civil war looms. Black widow catapult at the ready😂 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿#2inevitable m8

[@markwilkie3677]

@@kryoboy36 Hey Kryo 56% and rising! I`m kinda glad about law hill surviving.... In saying that it would make a great bonfire to celebrate an Independence vote. I could arrange for another on Falkland hill. Seriously that comment had me in tears. Hope you have a great day Buddy, Keep up the good work!

[@terrybucknall7158]

The EU treated the UK in contemp now they can't stand its on the other foot , and the remoner s

[@GSXRTino1]

There are no remoners, try to keep up. We left the EU 31 January 2020.

[@k.e.w]

But still the uk managed to have the worse GDP in the G7 . Left schools down . Job losses on the rising. Highest infection rate in Europe . Most incompetent testing in the EU . The problems about flooding has not been sorted . It's just one mess after the next . So short said. ,, uk is fucked'' . U all wanted to be out , you all voted for dull Boris . Good luck from recovering. US definitely will not do.any deals with uk as even other nations already said that uk have to wait at the back of the line ! But yea keep telling yourself uk still the best country in the world 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@GSXRTino1]

@@k.e.w There will be no UK soon. Just little England.

[@Hitstirrer]

If the EU is alarmed I wonder why. Could it be that their plan to retain control over key elements so that we are not totally free from their oversight has been thwarted? If the proposed changes are just to ensure that the UK is entirely sovereign and free - as they promised - then why is that now a problem?

[@granville7]

oh, you are totally off. The EU is interested in two things: 1) preservation of the single market and 2) peace on the island of Ireland (meaning to avoid physical barriers at the border between RoI and NI). Now square that with the UK wanting to have [unfettered] access to the single market and new rules and regulations that potentially undercut EU standards for food and lots of other areas. Good luck.

[@Hitstirrer]

@@granville7 - Your use of the word 'potentially' is interesting. Potentially we could also seek to enhance standards. Should we have powers to force the EU to match those? Potentially, the EU could undercut standards which would mean that we had to also reduce standards to match them. Would it be reasonable for us to demand that they must ask our permission before even considering any such changes, enhance or reduce, that they seek to impose? That is:- They would be under our control on such matters at all times in the future in perpetuity. I guess that the EU would not agree to that. Yet that is precisely what they are demanding from us.

[@granville7]

@@Hitstirrer it's the price the UK and everyone else in the world has to pay for access to the single market. Simple. If you want access you have to obey EU rules. If not, then you are free to try your luck elsewhere. Ofc, you can always have higher standards and try to sell your higher standard stuff within the single market. Noone objects to that as long as you allow in products made in the EU meeting their standards. It's really not that difficult to understand. Maybe the imbalances in negotiating power is a bit off for us.

[@Hitstirrer]

@@granville7 Imbalance of power is only any use if one party allows itself to be subjugated. We don't. As long as the EU insists that we must change our laws to match theirs and to ask permission before changing our own laws on trade then this will be a red line. The EU cannot insist on that with all other countries they trade with so why are they trying this with us? I have no problem agreeing to match standards or lose trade. But they must also match our standards set if they wish to sell goods to us. To seek to control our internal trade laws is unacceptable. We must be treated just as if we were 3000 miles away. A sovereign country seeking to trade goods. Why should that entail any control from the EU over our internal law making.

[@granville7]

@@Hitstirrer well, the UK is *not* 3,000miles away but very close to other EU nations and even has a land border with one. That is a fact and important for it increases the dangers of smuggling/contraband and therefore the integrity of the single market. I said it already in the post above but it may have escaped you: *everyone* seeking access to the single market has to meet EU standards before any product is allowed into the EU. For example: if Japan wants to sell a car/TV or whatever these products must meet all applicable EU standards. If Argentina wants to sell beef than this meat has to pass EU standard tests. This is not new and your opinion: 'The EU cannot insist on that with all other countries they trade with' is evidently wrong. Oh, yes they can and they do! That's the power of the single market. It seems some people need to wake up early next year to realise what's what.

[@mkoschara]

Four years and more? And where are these "sensible people?"

[@timmo491]

Blackford should look for another career he will be out of a job soon.

[@TheGriffintatt]

Only if Scotland becomes independent.

[@GamerayVideos]

Rogue State UK?

[@TheGriffintatt]

So what else is new?

[@robotbattler]

21:08 Never, ever, be filmed in front of a green background. You're just asking for trouble.

[@littlemisssunshine3338]

Selling Out Britain shouldn’t have been acceptable but the Government didn’t mind doing that over the past 15 years! Give up ur Freedom for Peace & You’ll end up loosing Both.

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

Dam, it really feels like living at that moment in history that Britain breaks apart through sheer stupidity. Hopefully something to tell my grandkids. 😬

[@NoneofyourBusiness-iv6pi]

yepp, say hello to independent scotland, united ireland, and wales might say FU to england

[@user-vu9ys5wm7d]

@@NoneofyourBusiness-iv6pi Wales are little England majority Tory increase in vote 🤦‍♂️ but the other 2 yes they need away from Westminster.

[@NoneofyourBusiness-iv6pi]

@Brother Spartacus not for long. EU says no trade deal and US already saying no free trade with england if they touch the good friday agreement

[@franciscouderq1100]

Brother Spartacus time for UE to turn that around, ah ah ah

[@tiredgardener]

If this isn't a negotiation tactic, the UK is going to live up to the title of Perfidious Albion.

[@peterjackson1977]

We will see pretty soon - if the Brexit talks last longer than 15 minutes spaffer caved.

[@carusmike]

@@peterjackson1977 hopefully less than 5

[@peterjackson1977]

@@carusmike - Maybe, Barnier's first question will be "Will the UK honour the Withdrawal Agreement" - and then spaffer caves.

[@timmo491]

Actually theres a section in the Withdrawal Act (clause 38) which says British Parliamentary law always reigns supreme and thereby LAWFULLY overrides those clauses. Blackford should learn to read.

[@thaolee-wo3603]

The interviewer is very good. I'm actually impressed!

[@kennethvine7397]

That's because he is used to getting his own way

[@hurri7720]

Also the Americans have reacted.

[@rollyunicorn]

You mean Nancy. I shouldn't worry about what that old hag is saying. She probably don't know what day of the week it is.

[@NotUnymous]

@@rollyunicorn 🤦‍♂️

[@ddeano1969]

Yeh and that worked well when Obama tried it.....

[@ddeano1969]

Devolution needs crippling the majority of the British people will be quite happy with a no deal

[@hurri7720]

@@ddeano1969 , including a no deal with the US too I suppose. PS. why do you think you can speak for the majority of the British people.

[@wolfweighold823]

Danke für das hochladen sehr interessant

[@AnaJulia-tf1bj]

XD

[@garyalan6975]

Sir John who?

[@PaulSmith-qh7ky]

Oh dear,C4 in total meltdown!

[@johnmqueripel2367]

No deal is the best outcome, the sooner we are sovereign the better. Seems we have a plethora of Constitutional law experts, what a surprise.

[@0muskett0]

we already are sovereign

[@OfficiaQuestGraphics]

Okay Putin's puppet

[@jebbo-c1l]

you were always sovereign you melon. Sovereign enough to sign an international treaty and then propose to break it lol

[@Challenger160]

I'm curious, what are the benefits of having no deal?

[@0muskett0]

Challenger160 everyone pays more for stuff,trade frictions plus more customs bureaucrats funded by taxpayers,food and medicine shortages..oh no wait those are bad things..umm none.

[@Gilberto90]

And here I was thinking that one of the most fundamental British constitutional principles was 'no Parliament may bind a future Parliament'

[@fallenfossl]

It's the same parliament

[@Gilberto90]

@@fallenfossl Technically yes, but all the government has to do is to announce a new session of Parliament and Queen's speech and this will count as a 'new' parliament.

[@emm_arr]

Is Johnson a Russian asset? Or just a lackey? Is Cummings a Russian asset? Or just a weirdo? Is Arron Banks a Russian asset? Or just someone who gets loans he doesn't need to repay?

[@emm_arr]

@K MT Rubbish shitpost, Al. #ShitpostQuean You FSB girlz always act up at the Russian connection.

[@Michael-ie2hx]

@K MT You may be very proud that you 17 million brexiters have joined Al Queda and ISIS as international law breakers. But you have no right to force, Scotland, Wales and N Ireland into your criminal idiocy nor the 49 million British citizens that never voted for your cult. We Scots have known for 4 years that you brexiters destroyed the UK Yesterday you destroyed England. It'll probably take a moronic slow brained klutz like you years to figure this out. But yesterday you DESTROYED England

[@namenotimportant5571]

Shitting myself ...with laughter