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The more the UK breaches the duty of sincere cooperation the more the EU will insist on things being set out strictly in law in future
The UK's casual disregard for complying with its obligations now is, yet again, only making things worse for itself
Such an unforced error https://twitter.com/bbclaurak/status/1194738673142636545
The UK's casual disregard for complying with its obligations now is, yet again, only making things worse for itself
Such an unforced error https://twitter.com/bbclaurak/status/1194738673142636545
Since 2015, May or Johnson, Davis or Cummings, the UK has relentless shown the EU that it cannot now be trusted to fulfil even simple obligations
One day, sooner or later, Brexit or no Brexit, a future UK government is going to have to pick up these pieces
Such unforced errors
One day, sooner or later, Brexit or no Brexit, a future UK government is going to have to pick up these pieces
Such unforced errors
From Davis boasting that UK will not comply with the Joint Report to Johnson now disregarding the obligation of sincere cooperation...
...why would EU or anyone else trust UK to do anything unless nailed down in an agreement?
Trust has now gone
Such unforced errors
...why would EU or anyone else trust UK to do anything unless nailed down in an agreement?
Trust has now gone
Such unforced errors
Brexit could and should have been a "showcase" for demonstrating how serious UK was going to be in negotiating international agreements
International agreements which will be vital, post-Brexit
But the UK has shown the world it is not serious at all
Such an unforced error
International agreements which will be vital, post-Brexit
But the UK has shown the world it is not serious at all
Such an unforced error
It may take decades for the UK to rebuild the international trust the governments of May and Johnson has so casually thrown away
The problem is that those decades would follow Brexit, where trust would be most crucial in building international agreements
Such staggering idiocy
The problem is that those decades would follow Brexit, where trust would be most crucial in building international agreements
Such staggering idiocy
You either treat leaving the EU seriously or you do not
To do so would be, and is, an immense task, taking decades
Sweat and tears
Sincere Brexiters would, or should, know this
But neither May nor Johnson sincere Brexiters, one driven by duty, and the other by cynicism https://twitter.com/po8crg/status/1194903495171817476
To do so would be, and is, an immense task, taking decades
Sweat and tears
Sincere Brexiters would, or should, know this
But neither May nor Johnson sincere Brexiters, one driven by duty, and the other by cynicism https://twitter.com/po8crg/status/1194903495171817476
At the time of Maastricht, Eurosceptics (like me) said that this would be the last practical time the UK could say "no" to further integration
To try to leave afterwards would be far more trouble than it was worth
And so it has proved
To try to leave afterwards would be far more trouble than it was worth
And so it has proved
Oh, and the young ambitious government whip who forced through Maastricht?
David Davis
David Davis
My personal view is EU+UK would have developed a close and, more importantly, sustainable relationship
In substance, single market and customs union
But allowing EU to integrate just as it wished (Schengen, Eurozone, etc) with no UK role
Two buoys tied but apart, bobbing along https://twitter.com/IrisGromus/status/1194907016948518913
In substance, single market and customs union
But allowing EU to integrate just as it wished (Schengen, Eurozone, etc) with no UK role
Two buoys tied but apart, bobbing along https://twitter.com/IrisGromus/status/1194907016948518913
But Maastricht really was the last time such an association agreement could have been done practically
After that, too late, and not worth the cost and effort
After that, too late, and not worth the cost and effort
