The BBC reports Legal Advice Warns of Irish Border ‘Stalemate’.
In the six-page letter written on 13 November but published on Tuesday, Mr Cox said the “current drafting” of the backstop “does not allow for a mechanism that is likely to enable the UK to lawfully exit the UK wide customs union without a subsequent agreement”.
Key Provisions
- “Despite statements that it is not intended to be permanent… in international law the protocol would endure indefinitely until a superseding agreement took its place.”
- “In the absence of a right of termination, there is a legal risk that the UK might become subject to protracted and repeated rounds of negotiations…The resolution of such a stalemate would have to be political.”
Agreements to agree later and terms such as best effort and temporary are legally meaningless.
Theresa May claims the Irish backstop gives the UK some advantages that the EU will want to do away with. But at what cost and in what timeframe?
I am surprised no one in the UK parliament mentioned Macron’s direct threats.
Perpetual Temporary Backstop
- Climate Change: Macron first demanded the UK agree to climate change to get out of the backstop.
- Fishing Rights: Then Macron added fishing rights in his list of demands. And Spain wants Gibraltar.
Countries have no veto over Brexit, only the EU parliament does. But once it is in place, the EU can and will hold the UK hostage.
I offered this comment on November 16
No it’s not the “final deal”
The “final deal will be worse”
This interim deal keeps the UK tied with one hand behind its back until the “final” humiliation.I offer this musical tribute:https://t.co/BW1Pjje8pk https://t.co/BEYEbY4tt0
— Mike “Mish” Shedlock (@MishGEA) November 16, 2018
Caught in Massive Lie
There is really nothing new today. A leaked Brexit deal analysis already proved Theresa May Caught in Massive Lie.
May Jeered Today
“If you reject what the other side has described as the only deal on offer, then whatever you say to the contrary – you put this country on course for no deal.” says @theresa_may on Hilary Benn’s amendment. pic.twitter.com/5GqJOQf6R4
— BrexitCentral (@BrexitCentral) December 4, 2018
Common Sense Idea
“This proposal does not deliver Brexit… it has potential to undermine our sovereignty,” says @timloughton pic.twitter.com/5wTlUFNpAo
— BrexitCentral (@BrexitCentral) December 5, 2018
Groundhog Day
“Lift the gloom, stop the project fear, stop selling the electors short… understand they made a great decision, a decision I am mightily proud of – to take back sovereign control for the people… it’s high time this parliament rose to the challenge.” says @JohnRedwood pic.twitter.com/mQdlXHqinS
— BrexitCentral (@BrexitCentral) December 5, 2018
May cannot possibly win the first vote on this.
My fear is she will do a second and a third and a fourth. That likelihood depends on how badly the first vote goes down. We find out on December 11.
Remainers want a second referendum. I consider that the least likely option.
Mike “Mish” Shedlock
“Despite statements that it is not intended to be permanent… in international law the protocol would endure indefinitely until a superseding agreement took its place.”
It would likely take an inflection point like that resulting in the 1971 closing of the U.S. gold window, to cause a superseding agreement to take its place.
They should consider executing her for treason against the state.
The important thing is these poorly defined words were brought to light for scrutiny.
Bureaucrats are like royalty/nobility nowadays, fighting tooth and nail for their survival.
Wow, Theresa is a horrible negotiator, almost as bad as Obama, except Obama knew how to force his agenda using the Swamp and Chicago-style corrupt politics.
BREXIT passing was similar to Trump being elected. Two outcomes the government didn’t want and will try to fight to the bitter end.
Who the hell knows what “temporary” means to these incompetent clowns. The people voted to leave the Eurozone TWO AND A HALF YEARS ago, and it still isn’t even close to happening.