Just when the partygate issues looked like dominating the headlines again (war in Ukraine -- pshaw), Remainers may have to gird their loins around another old issue once more. Says the Graun:
UK will ‘reform’ Northern Ireland protocol if EU will not, says Rees-Mogg
He told MPs on the EU scrutiny committee that the protocol was written in such a way that it could be “superseded”.
“That is really important to understand because a lot of commentary that says: ‘Well, we signed it and therefore surely we should accept it lock, stock and barrel.’ That’s absolute nonsense.
“We signed it on the basis that it would be reformed. And there comes a point at which you say: ‘Well, you haven’t reformed it and therefore we are reforming it ourselves.’ And the United Kingdom is much more important than any agreement that we have with any foreign power,” he told MPs.
Blimey -- proper Red Wall fighting talk.
He also hinted that the UK would not be following a new EU move to put speed limiters on cars as some reports have suggested.
“It is not a policy that has received collective agreement,” he said.
Another vote-winner is my guess.
Rees Mogg’s comments on Northern Ireland comes as the EU and UK continue to negotiate a revised version of the protocol with a deal already agreed and approved to remove barriers blocking the sale of British medicines in NI which observes EU trade rules under the protocol.
Sources close to the talks say progress is not expected until after the assembly election with hopes a deal could be done on one of the main sticking points – customs paperwork.
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