>LONDON, Nov 15 (Reuters) – British foreign minister James Cleverly said on Tuesday he did not yet see a route for the resolution of problems with post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland.
>Cleverly told a committee of lawmakers that while there was a better atmosphere around talks with the European Union on the so-called Northern Ireland protocol, it would not be easy to address all the issues.
>”I don’t yet see a route through that. We’re still looking and if we can find one I’m very, very happy to, but those concerns are there,” he said.
November 15, 2022 14:54 GMT+0.
Well yeah. The position of the government and the Good Friday Agreement are at odds with each other. You can’t have no Irish border and no Irish Sea border while still having border checks. There is no hole for the government to thread the needle there. There’ll have to be compromise in one direction or another.
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>LONDON, Nov 15 (Reuters) – British foreign minister James Cleverly said on Tuesday he did not yet see a route for the resolution of problems with post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland.
>Cleverly told a committee of lawmakers that while there was a better atmosphere around talks with the European Union on the so-called Northern Ireland protocol, it would not be easy to address all the issues.
>”I don’t yet see a route through that. We’re still looking and if we can find one I’m very, very happy to, but those concerns are there,” he said.
November 15, 2022 14:54 GMT+0.
Well yeah. The position of the government and the Good Friday Agreement are at odds with each other. You can’t have no Irish border and no Irish Sea border while still having border checks. There is no hole for the government to thread the needle there. There’ll have to be compromise in one direction or another.