Brexit: What can we expect from an NI Protocol deal?

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After well over a year of talks between the UK and the EU it appears that a deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol is finally around the corner.

The set of post-Brexit trading rules for Northern Ireland has split political opinion since its inception in 2021.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been to Belfast to brief Stormont politicians on what the solution might look like.

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) - among the protocol's most vocal critics - says progress has been made and describes this as a "big moment" in the path towards a deal.

Now the prime minister will return to the table with the EU, aiming to secure the final stages of an agreement.

So what could a deal actually look like? And will it appease those who oppose the existing set-up?

[Kwasaki]

Media will have to wait and see.

If I was in charge I give NI back.

[OneMoreFarang]

It is obvious that there is no good solution - not even in theory.

Brexiters never thought realistically about NI.

At least we can be sure that everybody has someone else to blame for many years to come. 

[youreavinalaff]

  On 2/18/2023 at 11:09 AM, Kwasaki said:

Media will have to wait and see.

If I was in charge I give NI back.

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Give NI back?

 

What do you mean by that?

 

The people voted to be part of the UK by self determination. It's not anyone's to give back.

[Mac Mickmanus]

EIRE should leave the E.U and join the UK 

[Kwasaki]

  On 2/18/2023 at 11:19 AM, youreavinalaff said:

Give NI back?

 

What do you mean by that?

 

The people voted to be part of the UK by self determination. It's not anyone's to give back.

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Pretty obvious they voted to stay in EU so let them.

[youreavinalaff]

  On 2/18/2023 at 11:51 AM, Kwasaki said:

Pretty obvious they voted to stay in EU so let them.

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They can't. They are not an independent nation. They are part of UK. UK voted to leave. That's it.

[Kwasaki]

  On 2/18/2023 at 11:57 AM, youreavinalaff said:

They can't. They are not an independent nation. They are part of UK. UK voted to leave. That's it.

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Well find a way to get rid. 

[Mac Mickmanus]

  On 2/18/2023 at 11:51 AM, Kwasaki said:

Pretty obvious they voted to stay in EU so let them.

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You don't seem to understand how voting works

[Kwasaki]

  On 2/18/2023 at 12:07 PM, Mac Mickmanus said:

You don't seem to understand how voting works

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I understand so called  democracies are a mess, NI has always been a mess so get rid of it. 

[Mac Mickmanus]

  On 2/18/2023 at 12:13 PM, Kwasaki said:

I understand so called  democracies are a mess, NI has always been a mess so get rid of it. 

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EIRE doesn't seem to keen on unification and doesn't seem to want the six counties back 

[Kwasaki]

  On 2/18/2023 at 12:24 PM, Mac Mickmanus said:

EIRE doesn't seem to keen on unification and doesn't seem to want the six counties back 

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Well it's part of their country whether they like it or not, so dump it. 

[youreavinalaff]

  On 2/18/2023 at 12:04 PM, Kwasaki said:

Well find a way to get rid. 

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We?

 

It's upto them.

[Mac Mickmanus]

  On 2/18/2023 at 12:27 PM, Kwasaki said:

Well it's part of their country whether they like it or not, so dump it. 

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You don't seem to understand how Countries work , either .

[Chomper Higgot]

I look forward to seeing the details of the deal, if there is one, and the reaction of the extremists in the Conservative Party.

 

Sunak has some interesting days ahead of him.

[Kwasaki]

  On 2/18/2023 at 12:31 PM, youreavinalaff said:

We?

 

It's upto them.

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No its not, enough is enough let Eire become as it was originally.

[Kwasaki]

  On 2/18/2023 at 12:37 PM, Mac Mickmanus said:

You don't seem to understand how Countries work , either .

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Eire was a country so let it be so again,why obstruct that.

[Mac Mickmanus]

  On 2/18/2023 at 2:22 PM, Kwasaki said:

Eire was a country so let it be so again,why obstruct that.

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Eire still is a Country and its up to them to decide , its up to Northern Ireland and Eire to decide . 

  Its not UKs business to force Northern Ireland onto EIRE

[youreavinalaff]

  On 2/18/2023 at 2:19 PM, Kwasaki said:

No its not, enough is enough let Eire become as it was originally.

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If that is what they want, I totally agree.

 

The most recent self determination vote suggests otherwise.

[Kwasaki]

  On 2/18/2023 at 2:29 PM, Mac Mickmanus said:

Eire still is a Country and its up to them to decide , its up to Northern Ireland and Eire to decide . 

  Its not UKs business to force Northern Ireland onto EIRE

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British colonisation took it give it back.

[Kwasaki]

  On 2/18/2023 at 2:37 PM, youreavinalaff said:

If that is what they want, I totally agree.

 

The most recent self determination vote suggests otherwise.

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Don't matter get rid of the problem and be done with it.

[Mac Mickmanus]

  On 2/18/2023 at 2:41 PM, Kwasaki said:

British colonisation took it give it back.

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The British went to Ireland about 1000 years ago , the people living there now can considered to be from that place , rather than new arrivals  

[Kwasaki]

  On 2/18/2023 at 2:48 PM, Mac Mickmanus said:

The British went to Ireland about 1000 years ago , the people living there now can considered to be from that place , rather than new arrivals  

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Goodnight.

[Mac Mickmanus]

  On 2/18/2023 at 2:51 PM, Kwasaki said:

Goodnight.

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Its still early afternoon here , but Goodnight to you anyway 

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  On 2/18/2023 at 11:47 AM, Mac Mickmanus said:

EIRE should leave the E.U and join the UK 

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Well given that Ireland has a much healthier economy than the UK, that would improve the UK's economic statistics a bit.

[Chomper Higgot]

A taste of what’s to come:

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/18/boris-johnson-threatens-rishi-sunaks-bid-to-end-deadlock-over-brexit

[RayC]

  On 2/19/2023 at 3:27 AM, Chomper Higgot said:

A taste of what’s to come:

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/18/boris-johnson-threatens-rishi-sunaks-bid-to-end-deadlock-over-brexit

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Let's hope Sunak has the political courage to face down the flat earth brigade (ERG) and put country before party.

 

If he does, he will deserve great credit.

[Chomper Higgot]

The internal Tory Party fighting is set to resume.

 

The nation pays the price:

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/19/rishi-sunak-warned-more-than-100-tory-mps-could-rebel-over-ni-protocol-deal

[Kwasaki]

  On 2/20/2023 at 12:35 AM, Chomper Higgot said:

The internal Tory Party fighting is set to resume.

 

The nation pays the price:

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/19/rishi-sunak-warned-more-than-100-tory-mps-could-rebel-over-ni-protocol-deal

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Rishi should threaten them all with a General election, see what they do then.