Johnson'll fix it?

Older Brit readers will remember a kids' TV programme screened by the BBC in peak viewing time called 'Jim'll Fix It' where popular TV entertainer, later revealed to be a serious serial paedophile and sex abuser, Jimmy Saville, answered viewer requests for help. Now it is Johnson's turn says the Graun, possibly dog-whistling those associations? (Too paranoid of me, no doubt)

Johnson preparing to ‘fix’ Northern Ireland Brexit deal

 Boris Johnson is preparing a “fix” to set aside some of the Northern Ireland Brexit arrangements in a high-risk move that could provoke a row with the EU and lead to further accusations that the UK is breaching international law.

“We have talked repeatedly to our friends and partners in the EU. We will continue to talk to them.

“But, as I have said many times now, we don’t rule out taking steps now if those are necessary.... the government reserves the right, as we have always said, as laid down in the protocol, to take remedial action.”

The government has always maintained its right to trigger Article 16 of the protocol, but this will force the UK and the EU back into talks.

Rees-Mogg hinted two days ago that the UK would be triggering section 38 (b) of the parent EU Withdrawal Agreement Act 2020, which restates the principle of parliamentary sovereignty....Giving evidence to the EU scrutiny committee this week, Rees-Mogg declared in relation to section 38 (b) of the withdrawal agreement: “We can do what we want, ultimately.”

But the move risks further accusations that, while the UK is free to legislate whatever domestics laws it choses [sic] , proposed changes to the Northern Ireland protocol may not be compliant with the international treaty signed with the EU.

Same old, same old...  What is domestic and what is EU? The EU has never let us go.

And accusations from whom? Have we not rediscovered realpolitik lately? Does anyone still find themsleves persuade by the Shadow NI Secretary saying:

 “If we just recklessly pull out of it unilaterally, how will any other country in the world sign a deal with us and think that we will honour it?” he said.