>Material leaked to PoliticsHome this weekend suggests the legislation will be met with fierce opposition when it is unveiled tomorrow.
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>In an email sent to government officials on Friday, and seen by PoliticsHome, Alliance party leader Naomi Long says “only one” political party in Northern Ireland – the DUP – has been “central to the preparation of this legislation”.
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>Long in her email declines the offer of a technical briefing on the bill, arguing that the government had treated Northern Ireland’s political parties in a “differential manner” in its approach.
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>Her email reads: “We are fully aware that one, and only one, NI political party has been central to the preparation of this legislation.
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>A Conservative MP who opposed the government plans told PoliticsHome: “The government has singularly failed to engage with Northern Ireland parties on this bill.
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>”Four out of five Northern Ireland parties and Northern Ireland businesses have been largely ignored. Even those parties representing the middle ground voters that we need to persuade to stick with the United Kingdom have been treated with total disdain”.
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>PoliticsHome can also reveal that Conservative MPs who are opposed to the government’s plan to unilaterally override the Northern Ireland Protocol have this weekend been circulating a briefing document which sets out why they intend to vote against the bill.
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>The document, which lists “the problems with the bill” and what Boris Johnson “should do instead”, says it is “damaging to everything the UK and the Conservatives stand for”.
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>It reads: “Breaking international law to rip up the Prime Minister’s own Treaty is damaging to everything the UK and Conservatives stand for. We are a country that acts with integrity and honours the agreements we sign.
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>”A Bill with ‘notwithstanding’ clauses disapplying our own ratification legislation breaks international law: no amount of shopping around for rent-a-quote lawyers can hide that Labour’s decision to do this over Iraq was damagingly exposed and should be a cautionary tale.”
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will also leave this here for you to peruse and ponder:
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>Material leaked to PoliticsHome this weekend suggests the legislation will be met with fierce opposition when it is unveiled tomorrow.
>
>In an email sent to government officials on Friday, and seen by PoliticsHome, Alliance party leader Naomi Long says “only one” political party in Northern Ireland – the DUP – has been “central to the preparation of this legislation”.
>
>Long in her email declines the offer of a technical briefing on the bill, arguing that the government had treated Northern Ireland’s political parties in a “differential manner” in its approach.
>
>Her email reads: “We are fully aware that one, and only one, NI political party has been central to the preparation of this legislation.
[…]
>A Conservative MP who opposed the government plans told PoliticsHome: “The government has singularly failed to engage with Northern Ireland parties on this bill.
>
>”Four out of five Northern Ireland parties and Northern Ireland businesses have been largely ignored. Even those parties representing the middle ground voters that we need to persuade to stick with the United Kingdom have been treated with total disdain”.
[…]
>PoliticsHome can also reveal that Conservative MPs who are opposed to the government’s plan to unilaterally override the Northern Ireland Protocol have this weekend been circulating a briefing document which sets out why they intend to vote against the bill.
>
>The document, which lists “the problems with the bill” and what Boris Johnson “should do instead”, says it is “damaging to everything the UK and the Conservatives stand for”.
>
>It reads: “Breaking international law to rip up the Prime Minister’s own Treaty is damaging to everything the UK and Conservatives stand for. We are a country that acts with integrity and honours the agreements we sign.
>
>”A Bill with ‘notwithstanding’ clauses disapplying our own ratification legislation breaks international law: no amount of shopping around for rent-a-quote lawyers can hide that Labour’s decision to do this over Iraq was damagingly exposed and should be a cautionary tale.”
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will also leave this here for you to peruse and ponder:
>[Fury as Brandon Lewis insists Northern Ireland protocol legislation will not break international laws](https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/06/12/northern-ireland-protocol-legislation/)
The USA will not stand for this, people in England need to get out on the streets and get rid of this government!!
Let’s just move everyone who has an issue with the agreed NI protocol to Rwanda.