>Tony Danker, the director general of the CBI, said reaching a deal was in the best interests of the British economy as businesses and households struggle with the soaring cost of living and looming risk of recession.
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>“I don’t think it’s time for grandstanding; I think it’s time to do a deal,” he said. “I’m firmly of the view the Europeans are being inflexible. At the same time, our measures – which may come on Monday – to take unilateral action in response are unhelpful.”
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>The head of the lobby group, which represents 190,000 companies across the UK, said renewed Brexit uncertainty triggered by the protocol dispute was hurting the British economy. Last week, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) predicted the UK would be the second-worst performing G20 country next year, after Russia.
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>“We do see global firms shorting on the UK right now,” Danker said. “They look at the UK and think [there is a] combination of a bit of Brexit worry again, some of these figures from the OECD, and we see global companies thinking: ‘Maybe not the UK to invest in right now.’”
>*Q: Your Northern Ireland protocol plan is holed below the water line because it has so much opposition in your party, isn’t it?*
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>Johnson says the government needs to resolve the problems with the protocol.
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>*Q: But it is against international law.*
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>Johnson says he does not accept that.
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>*Q: The CBI says it could trigger a trade war with the EU.*
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>Johnson says that would be a “gross over-reaction”.
>FT: [Tory MPs attack Boris Johnson over plan to rip up N Ireland Brexit deal](https://www.ft.com/content/2286f0f5-4f6e-4cf9-91e5-2ea2d6e782ee) – ([🪞](https://archive.ph/eI93h))
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>Boris Johnson has been accused by Tory MPs of “damaging the UK and everything the Conservatives stand for” as he prepares to publish a bill to rip up his 2020 Brexit deal with the EU covering trade with Northern Ireland.
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>RTÉ: [Coveney calls Truss as legislation to change NI Protocol due](https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2022/0613/1304429-ni-protocol-legislation/)
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>Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has told Britain’s Foreign Secretary that proposed legislation to change to Northern Ireland Protocol will create a whole new set of uncertainties and damage relationships
UK government signed a protocol, protocol doesn’t work how it expected because they are crap at negotiating, so government unilaterally breaks signed agreement?
That right?
They would rather push ahead, fuck us all over and blame someone else; rather than admit Brexit is shit and it needs to be reversed.
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>Tony Danker, the director general of the CBI, said reaching a deal was in the best interests of the British economy as businesses and households struggle with the soaring cost of living and looming risk of recession.
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>“I don’t think it’s time for grandstanding; I think it’s time to do a deal,” he said. “I’m firmly of the view the Europeans are being inflexible. At the same time, our measures – which may come on Monday – to take unilateral action in response are unhelpful.”
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>The head of the lobby group, which represents 190,000 companies across the UK, said renewed Brexit uncertainty triggered by the protocol dispute was hurting the British economy. Last week, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) predicted the UK would be the second-worst performing G20 country next year, after Russia.
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>“We do see global firms shorting on the UK right now,” Danker said. “They look at the UK and think [there is a] combination of a bit of Brexit worry again, some of these figures from the OECD, and we see global companies thinking: ‘Maybe not the UK to invest in right now.’”
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[Johnson in an interview on LBC this morning](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/jun/13/boris-johnson-conservatives-brexit-northern-ireland-protocol-uk-politics-latest?page=with:block-62a6ed4e8f083046f4fbcb15#block-62a6ed4e8f083046f4fbcb15):
>*Q: Your Northern Ireland protocol plan is holed below the water line because it has so much opposition in your party, isn’t it?*
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>Johnson says the government needs to resolve the problems with the protocol.
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>*Q: But it is against international law.*
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>Johnson says he does not accept that.
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>*Q: The CBI says it could trigger a trade war with the EU.*
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>Johnson says that would be a “gross over-reaction”.
More:
>Times: [Restore power-sharing before we override Northern Ireland protocol, ministers tell DUP](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/restore-power-sharing-before-we-override-northern-ireland-protocol-ministers-tell-dup-s378kbbcs) – ([🪞](https://archive.ph/CUHQ5))
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>Ministers have told unionist politicians that they must re-establish full power-sharing with Sinn Fein before parliament is asked to pass a law that would override swathes of the Northern Ireland Brexit deal
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>Belfast Newsletter: [TUV leader warns DUP over a return to Stormont as Northern Ireland Protocol legislation expected](https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/tuv-leader-warns-dup-over-a-return-to-stormont-as-northern-ireland-protocol-legislation-expected-3728827) – ([🪞](https://archive.ph/XN93c))
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>TUV leader Jim Allister has cautioned against a return to Stormont by the DUP – even if legislation is introduced today which addresss unionist concerns over the Northern Ireland Protocol.
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>FT: [Tory MPs attack Boris Johnson over plan to rip up N Ireland Brexit deal](https://www.ft.com/content/2286f0f5-4f6e-4cf9-91e5-2ea2d6e782ee) – ([🪞](https://archive.ph/eI93h))
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>Boris Johnson has been accused by Tory MPs of “damaging the UK and everything the Conservatives stand for” as he prepares to publish a bill to rip up his 2020 Brexit deal with the EU covering trade with Northern Ireland.
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>RTÉ: [Coveney calls Truss as legislation to change NI Protocol due](https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2022/0613/1304429-ni-protocol-legislation/)
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>Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has told Britain’s Foreign Secretary that proposed legislation to change to Northern Ireland Protocol will create a whole new set of uncertainties and damage relationships
UK government signed a protocol, protocol doesn’t work how it expected because they are crap at negotiating, so government unilaterally breaks signed agreement?
That right?
They would rather push ahead, fuck us all over and blame someone else; rather than admit Brexit is shit and it needs to be reversed.