Comments by "Taint ABird" (@taintabird23) on "The Spectator"
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The problem with Brexit is that it cannot succeed as presented in 2016. This is because those who sold Brexit to the British public either did not understand what they were talking about or they were knowingly lying - there is evidence for both, depending on the Brexiter.
I live in Ireland. Brexiters were interviewed on Irish media before the referendum and they were constantly asked how Brexit could possibly work without a changing the status quo on the island of Ireland. None could provide an answer, none of them could foresee a problem. It appears they also did not understand the implications for the GFA, or if they did, they were lying.
Some Brexiters have hinted that the subsequent problems were all Ireland's fault. The inference being that Ireland should have left the EU to give the UK the Brexit they wished for. It is more likely the case that, at the time, they held the UKs importance in such higher esteem than Brussels did, and expected Brussels were throw Ireland out of the SM or EU just to get that deal with the UK.
The UK buys more from the EU than vice versa, but it represents only a drop in the ocean when it comes to trade within the Single Market for EU members as a whole. It is the EUs size when compared to the UK that determined who held all the cards in the negotiations.
As for the Protocol, it was simply a British suggested solution to the unresolved question of Brexit and the Good Friday Agreement. Johnson the liar, never had any intention of implementing it, he simply needed to win an election. But now he is stuck with it.
Brexit has been an economic, political and diplomatic failure and betrayal of British statecraft in Europe built up over decades since 1945. It has been remarkable to observe.
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