All this shows is that the idiot Truss has some clever people advising her:-
1. Come up with an imaginative plan to spend money we haven't got 2. Wait for the PM/Chancellor to say we can't afford it 3. Wait for the inevitable protocol problems (only really a question of whether trigger is London/EU/DUP/Sinn Fein) 4. Point out that you gave then the solution ages ago, and were ignored (as opposed to we don't have the money)
It's not a bad plan. It's quite a disloyal plan. But it shows ambition.
It may be a clever plan, but it is not a solution to the problem. It is difficult to see a solution that would satisfy both sides of the argument in NI. The government are focusing on the customs checks. Yet the problem for one side is the very existence of a border which separates NI from the rest of the UK.
That rather depends on what you see as the "problem".
You (and I) believe the problem is NI. Whereas Ms Truss believes the main "problem" is that she is not PM. As politicians do.
That's where I think it is clever. In relation to her "problem". Not the real one...
Jacob Rees-Mogg makes Remain argument by calling Brexit measures ‘act of self-harm’
Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2 Brexit opportunities Minister Jacob Rees-Mogg says implementing in full the “oven ready Brexit deal” negotiated, signed & sold by Boris Johnson to the public & Parliament as a negotiating triumph would be…
Long on theory. Long on rhetoric. Non-existent on anything of practical relevance.
Is the party with a blood soaked history set to tear the Union apart? With Sinn Fein on the brink of a once unthinkable poll victory in Northern Ireland, it may not be far off fulfilling its goal of reuniting with the South, writes DAVID JONES
Sinn Fein are polling to become the largest party in Northern Ireland, but there are questions that their role in the 'census murder' could haunt them. In 1981 Joanne Mathers, a Government census collector, was killed by the IRA (inset). The man who almost certainly ordered Joanne's murder - was Martin McGuinness, later to reinvent himself as a statesman for Sinn Fein, the terrorists' fig-leaf political wing, and become Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland. Pictured left: Sinn Fein's Vice-President Michelle O'Neil.
Long on theory. Long on rhetoric. Non-existent on anything of practical relevance.
Policy correspondent Jon Stone said: "All of Boris Johnson's new post-Brexit trade deals put together will have an economic benefit of just £3 to £7 per person over the next 15 years, according to the government's own figures.
"The tiny economic boost - amounting to just 0.01 to 0.02 per cent of GDP, and less than 50p per person a year - is dwarfed by the economic hit from leaving the EU, which the government estimates at 4 per cent of GDP over the same period."
Statistics can be manipulated to give a misleading picture.
On the 1 hand, I expect that the "economic hit" will be less in due course. Simply because the "roll over" deals will increasingly reduce that 4%. But not to 0%.
On the other hand, it is noteworthy that, post-Brexit, there is not a single trade deal, for a single industry, that shows a demonstrable benefit. Not one. Because Boris/JRM would be shouting from the rooftops if there were.
Brexit opportunities: Eight of your burning questions answered
I would have had sympathy for that Dover MP. Until I remembered some of the ridiculous things she has said recently. Trying to blame the P&O debacle on Tory Laws is just plain wrong.
The Boris promulgation. Really? Really really? What a crass, insensitive, and downright stupid thing to say.
Surely this country deserves better than this buffoon.
DUP Leader Told Some Hard Truths About Voters And Boris Johnson!
Comments
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/northern-ireland-s-brexit-protocol-to-be-scrapped-by-london-claim-sources/ar-AAWCH0h?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=be7fe0564ff14edc93c189caaf70f1f9
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/dup-officers-in-south-down-representing-305-years-party-membership-dramatically-resign-jim-wells-confirms-move-to-tuv/ar-AAWBAPz?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=be7fe0564ff14edc93c189caaf70f1f9
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/brexit-causing-people-consider-ni-100050969.html
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/brexit-has-added-6-to-britain-s-food-bills-researchers-say/ar-AAWEELD?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=72871d3b3b3b4bf9ad5a8c2e5c65ec2b
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/blame-ni-protocol-lies-squarely-201819298.html
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/rees-mogg-set-to-delay-post-brexit-fresh-food-checks-for-fourth-time/ar-AAWGhAF?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=18c371c57d484de39216fdb2ca10c1ed
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/uk-ports-consider-legal-action-after-rees-mogg-delays-brexit-controls/ar-AAWHzjX?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=a1d41ba222fc45458f4422df5aa7c2c9
Jacob Rees-Mogg makes Remain argument by calling Brexit measures ‘act of self-harm’
Peter Stefanovic
@PeterStefanovi2
Brexit opportunities Minister Jacob Rees-Mogg says implementing in full the “oven ready Brexit deal” negotiated, signed & sold by Boris Johnson to the public & Parliament as a negotiating triumph would be…
“an act of self harm”
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/jacob-rees-mogg-makes-remain-argument-by-calling-brexit-measures-act-of-self-harm/ar-AAWJ5ON?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=2ac578f077b34dc2952c14e7cc49aeae
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/jacob-rees-mogg-given-game-163933726.html
No return of Stormont until NI Protocol is scrapped, rally told
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/no-return-of-stormont-until-ni-protocol-is-scrapped-rally-told/ar-AAWMzqT?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=7bad84ceace043798c2b6098e72ec682
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ5ZteSRrHg
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/party-leaders-clash-over-border-200000396.html
Sinn Fein are polling to become the largest party in Northern Ireland, but there are questions that their role in the 'census murder' could haunt them. In 1981 Joanne Mathers, a Government census collector, was killed by the IRA (inset). The man who almost certainly ordered Joanne's murder - was Martin McGuinness, later to reinvent himself as a statesman for Sinn Fein, the terrorists' fig-leaf political wing, and become Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland. Pictured left: Sinn Fein's Vice-President Michelle O'Neil.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10773261/With-Sinn-Fein-brink-victory-DAVID-JONES-examines-potential-repercussions.html
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/brexit-opportunities-eight-of-your-burning-questions-answered/ar-AAWS7xg?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=db7fc3b425e64c5089c195281ae0ba4c
DUP Leader Told Some Hard Truths About Voters And Boris Johnson!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nHEzESI6-A
Have we just travelled back in time? Because Nigel Farage has just called for Brexit, again
Neale Richmond
@nealerichmond
This is deliberate misinformation, for the second time in 24hrs.
Brexit has nothing to do with the ECHR.
The ECHR is a product of the Council of Europe. not the EU.
Nigel Farage is an habitual liar.
Nigel Farage
@Nigel_Farage
Boris Johnson blaming lawyers over Rwanda delays is disingenuous.
He wanted to stay in the ECHR, time for a proper Brexit.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/have-we-just-travelled-back-in-time-because-nigel-farage-has-just-called-for-brexit-again/ar-AAWWysN?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=6307753ed9de4b41ba82100d351f1aca
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61259832
Brexit: UK government 'squarely responsible' for protocol deal
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-61252259
Brexit: Cross-border permits will damage industry, say NI Tourism
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-61162338
New Brexit rules caused major shock to UK-EU trade - report
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61237225
NI Protocol override law 'not part of Queen's Speech'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-61328908
Crisis boiling as restauranteurs fail to recruit staff
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-61232221
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/jamie-bryson-power-sharing-in-northern-ireland-finished-for-a-long-time/ar-AAWXBvO?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=301c925cae26431b86ba4844c050ed07