NI Protocol Take #5 -- Brexit Never Gets Dull

by Oui Tue Feb 28th, 2023 at 05:07:16 PM EST

Fintan O'Toole: DUP must confront the truth that its own actions detached North from British mothership [_link]
— Freya McClements (@freyamcc) February 28, 2023

Sunak Magic: NI Protocol Morphs w Windsor Framework

Take 2pic.twitter.com/VrxOfmHVvV
— DUPLeader (@DUPleader) February 28, 2023

Rishi Sunak tells #PMConnect that NI is "world's most exciting economic zone" b/c of access to both GB and EU markets. Earlier he said this "very special position" makes it "incredibly attractive" place to invest. This is, of course, the status whole UK had before Brexit 🤔
— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) February 28, 2023

I welcome the Windsor Framework announced yesterday by @RishiSunak & @vonderleyen - a very positive development. As @POTUS says, this is an essential step to ensuring the hard-earned peace & progress of the B/GFA is preserved. I commend the determined work of the negotiators.
— Ambassador Claire Cronin (@USAmbIreland) February 28, 2023

"I find it hard to see why any unionist wouldn't support this agreement" ~ former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern

`Best three card trick' he has seen in his lifetime. `Shouldn't miss opportunity to move on'#windsorframework
— Amanda Ferguson (@AmandaFBelfast) February 28, 2023

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said there was "absolutely not" a split in opinion among colleagues over the EU-UK agreement | BBC News |

The DUP said it would take time to come to a "collective decision".

Missing VIP

Boris Johnson is yet to comment on Rishi Sunak's new Brexit deal with EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen as the former prime minister considers whether to rebel. [_link]
— Belfast Telegraph (@BelTel) February 28, 2023

Four months of negotiations appear to have paid off - for now - as Sunak's plan for post-Brexit trade rules has been signed off by the EU. @skynewsniall, @SamCoatesSky and @skydavidblevins discuss more on the Sky News #Daily podcast.

🎧 Click below to listen in full 👇
— Sky News (@SkyNews) February 28, 2023

See front-page story by Frank Schnittger ...

What if the proposed protocol reforms are rejected? | Feb. 23, 2023 |

"The Government of the UK is stopping the process of the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, and is not proceeding with it, so that it will fall in the UK Parliament at the end of the Parliamentary session". Boris Johnson's law to override the NI Protocol has been killed by Sunak
— Robert Peston (@Peston) February 27, 2023

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US was involved behind the scenes in Brussels ... main priority to get all noses pointed in one direction: pro-Ukraine and to win land war against Russia.

Brendan Boyle in tv interview.

It's tedious having to repeat ourselves every time Protocol on IRL/NI hits UK headlines (so many past threads...) but bottomless pit of Brexit dishonesty & incompetence makes the task unavoidable.

So... a few simple bullet points, reminding us how to refute common ERG/DUP lies:
— Michael Dougan (@mdouganlpool) February 20, 2023

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Tue Feb 28th, 2023 at 09:26:01 PM EST

NI Protocol Take #5 -- Brexit Never Gets Dull (none / 0)

An honor to preside over our sessions at NATO Parliamentary Assembly. This is an important time for the alliance as we deal with Russia's war in Ukraine. @natopapress pic.twitter.com/m8FLjwt6uz
— US Rep Brendan Boyle (@RepBrendanBoyle) February 21, 2023

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Tue Feb 28th, 2023 at 09:26:48 PM EST
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"parliamentary assembly" (none / 0)

How many do the "Atlanticists" convene each year and who votes for these democratically elected representatives? I've lost count.

by Cat on Wed Mar 1st, 2023 at 02:55:23 PM EST
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