Back to Brexit15 Feb 2019 19:20
You may have found Tommy Cooper a class act or a buffoon, you may have thought Ken Dodd a comedian -
But TM Gvt is just a joke ;
Step forward Steve Barclay, the UK's cheerfully beleaguered Brexit secretary, who has now told the EU that Britain could stomach a legally operational backstop without substantial changes. This is because Mr Barclay believes that the UK's negotiating objectives can be achieved via what one EU source described as "keyhole surgery" – making small tweaks to the Brexit deal using a legal codicil. Those tweaks would effectively transfer the written assurances on the backstop Jean-Claude Juncker gave the Prime Minister in a letter earlier this year into the Withdrawal Agreement.
In laymen's terms this means that the backstop would function as currently planned, with no option for the UK to pull out unilaterally. However, the EU would be bound by the Withdrawal Agreement to work out an alternative in good faith.
This is the man appointed to manage internal Brxit matters after David D and D Raab said the WDA was not what was needed.
Only Fools and Horses have created such a comic script - Sullivan meant it to be funny - TM is serious - what a joke!.
IN GOOD FAITH -