See, It Can Be Done......

[ToraToraTora]

https://news.sky.com/story/uk-and-eu-agree-new-deal-on-northern-ireland-post-brexit-trade-rules-senior-government-source-12820788
...finally some common sense from both sides, well done.

[gulliver1]

The self appointed shadow PM ...Yes...You are right, the one with the hay stack on his head will soon try to scupper any deal that Sunak agrees to.

[youngmafbog]

Well not that I want to pour cold water on anything but the devil will be in the detail.

And I dont think anyone outside the talks really knows that just yet.

[THECORBYLOON]

You've seen the text of the proposed agreement?

Do you have a link to that text as opposed to a report about it?

[youngmafbog]

//The self appointed shadow PM//

Just like Ursula von der Leyen really then?

[Untitled]

I really hope that this solves the mess on the NI border and that the extremist wing of the tory party is able to put the country first this time

[mushroom25]

i wonder if we'll be able to hear Ian Paisley's ghost being speechless with rage?

[gness]

Paisley speechless would have been a rare treat, Mushroom.

I'll wait to hear what the DUP have to say and if they agree their seven tests have been passed before raising a glass.

[youngmafbog]

//the extremist wing of the tory party //

Well I suppose they are extremist to a Communist or Marxist.

[nicebloke1]

Didnt Boris agree a deal once? #:0)

[drmorgans]

But he didn't realise what he had agreed to and then decided he didn't like the deal

[youngmafbog]

Yes he did, but as expected what was thought out on paper didnt work out as expected - for all parties involved.

Although very frustrating it is hardly surprising given the complexity of it all.

[nicebloke1]

Boris dont have these problems when dealing with Lord Bamford?

[youngmafbog]

There will always be problems in a 'divorce'. Dont expect this to be the end of it either but what it needs is all parties to iron out the wrinkles as we go along, but no knee jerk reactions.

It benefits both us and the EU to get along.

[New Judge]

See, It Can Be Done......

Not yet:

“He will now have to get the deal past his MPs and Northern Irish unionist MPs.”

//…and that the extremist wing of the tory party is able to put the country first this time//

Would this be the “extremist” wing that would prefer that a foreign court did not have jurisdiction over any part of the UK? I wonder how many other countries have political parties with such extremist wings that prefer a similar arrangement.

[nicebloke1]

Iron out the wrinkles @17.32. I think we will all have a boat load of wrinkles before its sorted.:o)

[THECORBYLOON]

TORATORATORA is praising something that has been agreed to only in principle and even then, he hasn't seen what that amounts to.

[Ellipsis]

Well, whether it's done or not, it was still a better stab than the other shambolic effort.

[ichkeria]

Well said Tora.
Supporters of Brexit should welcome this agreement.
I love the name: no stone has been unturned in wooing the DUP :-)

[Old_Geezer]

Hmmm... The ECJ is still calling the shots in that part of the UK. And, from what was said on the radio earlier, the 'red channel' is for all goods at risk of travelling on to the EU. Well, all goods that reach NI are bound to have some risk of travelling on to the RoI so what percentage actually goes through without EU demanded checks ?

And that's before the experts have gone over it with a fine tooth comb. I don't have much confidence with this if implemented.

[gulliver1]

17.10 Nicebloke I am sure Boris signed some sort of agreement , without even reading it ???