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MoreSep-10
Di (amina046) said:"the British government says would be prepared to break the terms of an international treaty."
It's a negotiating tactic. If there's a deal with the EU, it won't happen. If the EU refuses a deal and seeks to split NI off from the rest of UK, then we will unilaterally nullify that part of the treaty. Hopefully it won't be necessary.
Sep-10
BoJo to Donald:
Anything you can do I can do better - Annie Get Your Gun - Betty Hutton and Howard Keel
Sep-10
Or perhaps I ought to say, I hope it's a negotiating tactic, because not honouring a treaty is something we should not do and I would be surprised if there's no attempt to overthrow Johnson if he carries on with that policy.
Sep-12
The European Union stepped up planning for a "no-deal" Brexit on Friday after Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government refused to revoke a plan to break the divorce treaty that Brussels says will sink four years of talks.
Read more from U.S.Sep-12
"The European Union stepped up planning for a "no-deal" Brexit on Friday after Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government refused to revoke a plan to break the divorce treaty that Brussels says will sink four years of talks."
I don't think we should renege on a treaty that we've freely made. However I suspect this is games playing to try and move the negotiations forward on fisheries and subsidies. I hope so anyway.
The reason seems to be that the Gov has realised that in the event of a no-deal Brexit, it would be possible for the EU to split Northern Ireland off from the rest of the UK by interpreting the Treaty in a way that was not envisaged by the UK when it was signed.
Obviously, we can't allow that to happen.
I expect the EU to give assurances and for the Gov to withdraw the Bill. However, I don't know that will happen.
Sep-12
The whole thing seems kinda' weird from here, considering that this non-binding referendum split pretty much 50-50.
It's a little hard to understand how they ended up in such a bind.
Sep-12
"The whole thing seems kinda' weird from here, considering that this non-binding referendum split pretty much 50-50."
Any majority was enough for a decision. Blame the Gov of the time which was confident of winning. Of course there were many who said it's non-binding and can be ignored. Subsequent elections showed it couldn't be ignored and leavers became the majority in parliament.
Sep-12
adwil said...
Of course there were many who said it's non-binding and can be ignored. Subsequent elections showed it couldn't be ignored and leavers became the majority in parliament.
Well, a non-binding referendum can't be ignored if politicians decide to put themselves in a bind, I suppose.
Do you think that they will hold a non-binding referendum on whether or not to follow International Law?
Sep-12
slackerx said:Do you think that they will hold a non-binding referendum on whether or not to follow International Law?
No. provided there's a deal with the EU, we can forget about obeying the treaty. However, if there's no deal, then protecting the integrity of the UK becomes important.
Sep-13
slackerx said:It's a little hard to understand how they ended up in such a bind.
Isolationism helped.