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I want to take you down memory lane. This is going to be a list of times the EU or it’s member states have ignored EU treaties or international law, why? Because I am fed up with everyone acting like the Internal Market bill is on par with Hitler invading Poland! Strap in.
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My first example is a gentle opener, you know, the EU interference in an election in the U.K., they also funded remain campaigns in the referendum and gave money to companies like Airbus to come out against Brexit.
2/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/theresa-may-says-eu-is-interfering-in-british-election/2017/05/03/e6f3247c-3016-11e7-a335-fa0ae1940305_story.html
2/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/theresa-may-says-eu-is-interfering-in-british-election/2017/05/03/e6f3247c-3016-11e7-a335-fa0ae1940305_story.html
This is one that has always annoyed me, the searching of a diplomatic bag by Spanish officials on the border of Gibraltar. This is something Russia would think twice about! This, is a massive breach!
3/ https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/gibraltar-fury-as-spanish-officers-search-british-diplomatic-bag-at-border-8964554.html%3famp
3/ https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/gibraltar-fury-as-spanish-officers-search-british-diplomatic-bag-at-border-8964554.html%3famp
Let’s bring in something recent. Germany protecting their constituency (which is what we intend to do). They did this by the German Court stating that it’s above the ECJ.
“Bigger threat to EU than Brexit”
4/ https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/opinion/german-constitutional-court-is-a-bigger-threat-to-eu-than-brexit-or-covid-19-1.4254549%3fmode=amp
“Bigger threat to EU than Brexit”
4/ https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/opinion/german-constitutional-court-is-a-bigger-threat-to-eu-than-brexit-or-covid-19-1.4254549%3fmode=amp
What about the Council they play by the rules right? Nah, they are more interested in making sure they can do what they want. Like ignoring Article 341 and Protocol 6 – of the TFEU. (They all have). Stoping the move which needs all member state agreement! https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-the-eu-is-breaking-its-own-lisbon-treaty/amp
(There’s more in the article in the previous tweet as well).
France, they must be the team player? They wouldn’t for instance be that unstable they would attack U.K. fishing boats and Spanish wine?
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https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/10/spain-hits-back-at-french-guerre-des-vins-wine-protest
France, they must be the team player? They wouldn’t for instance be that unstable they would attack U.K. fishing boats and Spanish wine?
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https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/10/spain-hits-back-at-french-guerre-des-vins-wine-protest
What about just general trade rules? The EU wouldn’t break the rules set by the WTO, and if they did and lost in arbitration they’d put it right surely? Nope they just carry on ignoring the ruling. Here’s 1 example.
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https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2016/september/united-states-prevails-wto-panel
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https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2016/september/united-states-prevails-wto-panel
Here’s another example, I mean with the countless examples I can show of the EU breaching WTO rules, they’d have to be mad to want to apply sanctions to nations that breach rules? No, they want harder sanctions, it’s unbelievable.
https://is.gd/Zc8Km8
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https://is.gd/Zc8Km8 8/
I truly think I could use all 25 tweets. Then I could use another 25 and keep going and going with the amount of times the EU have ignored international law, they can’t even meet (the NATO members) the spending targets for that, or the foreign aid percentage target.
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So yes, the U.K. might be about to breach an agreement that was structured in a ridiculous way, but don’t bother telling me that it will have repercussions where other nations won’t want to trade with us. That we are the worst nation in the world because of it.
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I see this breach (which might not even happen) as a way to protect peace (the GFA) and the UKs internal market which is as important as the EUs single market is to them.
They know what they need to do. Drop the bad faith, negotiate with a realistic approach.
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They know what they need to do. Drop the bad faith, negotiate with a realistic approach.
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Then we will probably get a deal, the U.K. won’t breach the WA (specifically the NI protocol) and importantly, we will be morally superior to the EU so nations should look to us in the EU for how to follow international law. 
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If you have made it this far, well done I think I was falling asleep writing it, thank you, now just scroll up and give it a retweet so someone else can suffer like you have 
if you’d like.
Hope you enjoy, last comment. I’m not saying this gives us a right to break the law...
if you’d like. Hope you enjoy, last comment. I’m not saying this gives us a right to break the law...
...I’m just saying that in my opinion when compared to the EUs transgressions (of which they have sullied our name at the same time) we wouldn’t be as “bad” as is being said. Let’s keep calm and get a deal.
I eagerly await counterpoints and constructive feedback.
I eagerly await counterpoints and constructive feedback.
