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Barnier sets Johnson a midnight deadline for Brexit concessions
theguardian.com ^ | 15 Oct 2019 | Daniel Boffey

Posted on 10/15/2019 11:43:47 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

Michel Barnier has set Boris Johnson a midnight deadline to concede to EU demands and agree to a customs border in the Irish Sea or be left with nothing to take to the Commons.

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TOPICS: United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: borisjohnson; brexit; eu; europeanunion; fartyshadesofgreen; ireland; michelbarnier; northernireland; outsidesix; unitedkingdom
"EU caving" in 5, 4, 3, 2.999999999, 2.999999998, 2.999999997....
1 posted on 10/15/2019 11:43:47 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

More like Boris caving in and then declaring “ oh I won anyway”


2 posted on 10/15/2019 12:04:50 PM PDT by Cronos (Re-elect President Trump 2020!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Keep me on your Brexit Update list. I try and follow this nearly everyday; it's very complicated for Americans to understand the Irish border issues, and implications on trade, immigration, tariffs, etc.

But I find the whole discussion, Parliament's role, the Brexit vote, etc, very interesting.

PS - If Scotland were independent, this probably wouldn't even be an issue; seems like they all wanted to stay - cut 'em lose.

3 posted on 10/15/2019 12:33:34 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: Berlin_Freeper

How does one make “a customs border in the Irish Sea”?


4 posted on 10/15/2019 12:54:05 PM PDT by deks (Psalm 64)
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To: 11th_VA

No it would. We have to be careful with Northern Ireland due to particular political sensitivities. Scotland on the other hand, would need to have a hard border raised against it because ‘refugees’ would be using it as a backdoor into England. Probably a sizable number of Scots fleeing over Hadrian’s wall as well to avoid Scotland’s crumbling economy under a woke leftist SNP government.


5 posted on 10/15/2019 3:25:44 PM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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