Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "Seventh straight night of violence in Belfast as leaders call for calm" video.

Brextremists are racking their brains how to blame the EU for this... and judging from the lack of comments to that effect, coming up empty.
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@nigeljohnson9820 There it comes, a feeble excuse. What it boils down to is that you feel that the EU should indemnify you for all the negative consequences stemming from your decision to leave the EU, all because it was your right to leave. You painted yourselves into a corner and now it's the EU's fault that you've made a sticky mess of it. In other words, we should've saved you from yourselves. Thanks for illustrating my initial point so brilliantly.
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@nigeljohnson9820 The EU, as a supranational organisation, has to be concerned about the GFA because one of the signatories, the Republic of Ireland, is an EU member. I know you're a conspiracy theorist who insists there's a secret cabal behind the EU that decides everything over the heads of the members, but back in the real world, Ireland had the loudest voice in GFA-related matters within the EU during the Brexit withdrawal negotiations. It can be argued that Northern Ireland's voice should've been even louder, because they only had the interests of three other union members to consider, whereas in Ireland's case the number was 26. Sure, the prime concern of these other EU members was the post-Brexit integrity of the single market, but the general feeling was that if the seemingly unsolvable NI "trilemma" is solved in a manner that is acceptable to both Ireland and the UK, everything is hunky-dory. Little did we know buyer's remorse would set in almost instantly in the UK. It would appear you can't negotiate your way out of a paper bag.
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@nigeljohnson9820 And there they are, the conspiracy theories I alluded to earlier. You cannot deny the fact that the UK negotiated and ratified the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement. You can concoct one conspiracy theory after another why the agreement came about in its present form, but Boris Johnson's cabinet is still responsible for negotiating it and British Parliament for ratifying it. If it was unacceptable, why didn't the House of Commons reject it, just like it rejected May's draft and not once, but thrice? You're still expecting the EU to indemnify you for the negative consequences of Brexit -- consequences we warned you about repeatedly. Your irrational demand for indemnification is based on the fact that you only exercised your right to leave the EU. Sure, leaving the union was your prerogative, but how are your past commitments related to defusing an age-old British colonial conflict suddenly the EU's responsibility? We know by now that you're poor negotiators, but perhaps you should've added an indemnification clause to the withdrawal agreement?
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@nigeljohnson9820 Ah, we now have a conspiracy theory about the British government. When devising that one, did you forget that before putting his revised withdrawal agreement to the vote, Johnson had called for a snap election and gained a very strong majority. The rebellion among Tory MPs was crushed, too. Is that the paralysed parliament in your story? To summarize, what you're saying is that the UK can't take responsibility for its actions, so the EU should. That truly bodes well for Global Britain -- newly sovereign, but still hiding behind the EU's skirts. I've heard it said that Britannia rules the waves. You're saying it can't police the North Channel. And what's this land bridge between NI and GB that needs closing? I have to ask, because the NI Protocol and the GFA stipulate that there will be no land border in Ireland.
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@nigeljohnson9820 Your conspiracy theories are getting sloppier by the day. Johnson did renegotiate the withdrawal agreement before the snap election, but only put it to the vote afterwards. These things are easily fact-checked. It won't be interesting to see how the EU deals with the flare-up of violence in Northern Ireland. There will be an expression of concern and a plea for calm, while the whole world looks at Stormont and Whitehall. Only you look for answers from Brussels. Oh, the irony.
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@nigeljohnson9820 It goes without saying that the EU, like the rest of the world, is looking at Stormont and Whitehall to get your house in order (democratically, which also goes without saying). After all, wasn't Brexit Britain supposed to be a newly-sovereign country? You specifically mentioned a leaking land border being a problem for the EU. The whole point of the GFA is that the land border leaks like a sieve. Johnson most definitely renegotiated the WA, scrapping May's backstop and settling on the Irish Sea border. The arrangement raised some eyebrows among the EU-27, but who were we to complain. We assumed -- falsely, in your assessment -- that you can decide what's best for you and stand by your decisions. It's a recurring theme with you Brexiteers that the EU is somehow obligated to bend over backwards to accommodate unique British demands. Despite all the bravado to that effect, it didn't work before you decided to leave the EU and it won't work now either, but the same unrealistic expectations remain.
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@nigeljohnson9820 So, to you the WA is bad because May was bad and the EU is bad because there's this fanciful conspiracy theory of yours. The first part is pure self-criticism, since May was your duly-elected head of government. But I'm puzzled why Johnson deserves none of your scorn, because he's at least equally responsible for the end result, the final WA. The second part, about the EU being a playground bully that's out to ruin your idealized Brexit sandcastle, that's pure conjecture and circular reasoning. I don't care for your conspiracy theories, and judging from the scant replies you're getting to your numerous comments in other threads, no one else cares either. At the end of the day, what matters is that your cabinet and parliament respectively negotiated and ratified the WA and its NIP. You can argue till the cows come home that the process and the outcome weren't to your liking, but none of that is of consequence to us. As a sovereign nation, you're expected to honour your commitments and secure your borders, including the ones that you -- compelled by your murky colonial past -- establish between your own lands. I don't see why EU members would object to Irish reunification, as long as it's done in an orderly manner. You're a self-confessed supporter of reunification, too. I do agree that Brexit has accelerated the inevitable, but rather than yet another nefarious EU conspiracy, it's a natural consequence of Brexit.
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