12-06-2021, 12:59
Most interestingly there was no mention of a free trade deal in their joint statement, which was usually all over their equivalent with trump.Remember its one of the great advantages of Brexit ??
So why no mention of it even in passing ? Because Biden isn't happy with whats happening re the Northern Ireland protocol. I suspect they will have pulled fatboys chain and he will have to fall back in line. Macron has already called out Johnsons duplicity.
Boris openly (and drunkenly) stood in a room full of NI politicians and businessmen and told them they would have 'unfettered access' to trade with the UK. And just to put any forms in the bin. The UK establishment could not care less about NI, as long as they got Brexit. But trump was president at this point, and now the landscape has changed.
Remember this was only necessary because the Tories wanted to "free" us from EU standards in order to engage in a race to the bottom. A big gap in standards would have made frictionless cross-border trade in Ireland impossible, thus breaching the GFA.
As I said back in the day - Brexit and Northern Ireland is the circle that wont square.
So why no mention of it even in passing ? Because Biden isn't happy with whats happening re the Northern Ireland protocol. I suspect they will have pulled fatboys chain and he will have to fall back in line. Macron has already called out Johnsons duplicity.
Boris openly (and drunkenly) stood in a room full of NI politicians and businessmen and told them they would have 'unfettered access' to trade with the UK. And just to put any forms in the bin. The UK establishment could not care less about NI, as long as they got Brexit. But trump was president at this point, and now the landscape has changed.
Remember this was only necessary because the Tories wanted to "free" us from EU standards in order to engage in a race to the bottom. A big gap in standards would have made frictionless cross-border trade in Ireland impossible, thus breaching the GFA.
As I said back in the day - Brexit and Northern Ireland is the circle that wont square.