Quizzes & Puzzles17 mins ago
Another Tory World-Beater - This Tine It's Deceit
Yesterday the Tory legislation to unilaterally rip up the Northern Ireland Protocol passed its 2nd reading in the House of Commons, with not a single Tory MP voting against it.
That this atrocious Tory government is pushing ahead with a plan to rip up a deal that they themselves only just signed into international law is a terrible look for the UK.
Tearing up signed agreements before the ink is even dry, and defying international law to do it, obviously makes our country look profoundly untrustworthy on the international stage.
And it's also an implicit admission from the Tories that their entire "oven-ready" Brexit schtick during the 2019 General Election was a pack of lies, and that what they'd actually come up with is such a half-arsed shambles that they're busy retroactively rewriting it!
Anyone who paid attention to the later stages of the Brexit negotiations will know that the vast majority of Johnson's "oven-ready" Brexit was just lazily plagiarised from the economically ruinous Brexit bodge that Theresa May came up with, meaning she's heavily culpable for a lot of the economic stagnation, customs chaos, and employment shortages.
However the one major exception was the Northern Ireland Protocol, which was added onto Theresa May's shambolic Brexit plans under Johnson's watch, to draw a regulatory border down the Irish Sea, and get rid of the so-called "backstop".
So the one main alteration Johnson made to Theresa May's hopeless deal is the bit his government is now seeking to retroactively and unilaterally rewrite!
What this degrading shambles especially egregious is that Johnson outright lied to the British public in 2019 to claim he wasn't creating a border down the Irish Sea, when he clearly was, and now he's citing the Irish Sea border he said he wasn't creating as an excuse to defy international law by ripping up the Northern Ireland Protocol!
The fact that not a single Tory MP voted against this, means that they're all absolutely complicit in Johnson's lawlessness and lies.
That this atrocious Tory government is pushing ahead with a plan to rip up a deal that they themselves only just signed into international law is a terrible look for the UK.
Tearing up signed agreements before the ink is even dry, and defying international law to do it, obviously makes our country look profoundly untrustworthy on the international stage.
And it's also an implicit admission from the Tories that their entire "oven-ready" Brexit schtick during the 2019 General Election was a pack of lies, and that what they'd actually come up with is such a half-arsed shambles that they're busy retroactively rewriting it!
Anyone who paid attention to the later stages of the Brexit negotiations will know that the vast majority of Johnson's "oven-ready" Brexit was just lazily plagiarised from the economically ruinous Brexit bodge that Theresa May came up with, meaning she's heavily culpable for a lot of the economic stagnation, customs chaos, and employment shortages.
However the one major exception was the Northern Ireland Protocol, which was added onto Theresa May's shambolic Brexit plans under Johnson's watch, to draw a regulatory border down the Irish Sea, and get rid of the so-called "backstop".
So the one main alteration Johnson made to Theresa May's hopeless deal is the bit his government is now seeking to retroactively and unilaterally rewrite!
What this degrading shambles especially egregious is that Johnson outright lied to the British public in 2019 to claim he wasn't creating a border down the Irish Sea, when he clearly was, and now he's citing the Irish Sea border he said he wasn't creating as an excuse to defy international law by ripping up the Northern Ireland Protocol!
The fact that not a single Tory MP voted against this, means that they're all absolutely complicit in Johnson's lawlessness and lies.
Answers
1 to 7 of 7
Best Answer
No best answer has yet been selected by Canary42. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.1 to 7 of 7
Latest Posts
News63 mins ago
Quizzes & Puzzles121 mins ago
Quizzes & Puzzles154 mins ago
Quizzes & Puzzles212 mins ago
Related Questions
Sorry, we can't find any related questions. Try using the search bar at the top of the page to search for some keywords, or choose a topic and submit your own question.