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Starting to unpack the Windsor Framework
The unveiling of the Windsor Framework this week was important in many ways. Not only did it provide a set of solutions to the most pushing and tricky problems facing the Northern Ireland Protocol, but it also marked a return … Continue reading
The structural dilemmas for British PMs over the EU
As Rishi Sunak nears the end of his first month in the job as Prime Minister, we might once again consider how much he might engage with, and progress, the European issue. Like his predecessors before him, Sunak has both … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, Northern Ireland Protocol, Retained EU Law, Rishi Sunak
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WA/TCA Tracker: September 2022
After a summer hiatus for the Conservative leadership campaign, there was much expectation of Liz Truss following through on her stated plans for the Northern Ireland Protocol. Recall that she had been the lead minister for the Northern Ireland Protocol … Continue reading
Why the doctrine of necessity can’t apply for the Northern Ireland Protocol
This week’s second reading of the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill moves the UK one step closer to a significant aggravation of the relationship with the EU. With no Tories voting against the Bill – partly because it was presented as … Continue reading
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Tagged Necessity, Northern Ireland Protocol, Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
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Making the Northern Ireland Protocol work
The title of this post feels insanely optimistic, given the events of the past weeks, but if we don’t try then we certainly won’t succeed. Last month I submitted some evidence to the Follow-up inquiry on the impact of the … Continue reading
Challenging implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol
Since we’re back in a hotter phase of the NIP rhetoric cycle, it’s useful to revisit various points. None of it’s new and I’ve shared all the content below with you before, but apparently that’s not got through to everyone. … Continue reading
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Tagged negotiations, Northern Ireland Protocol, Withdrawal Agreement
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A new year of Brexiting
The arrival of 2022 has brought both continuity and change to the UK’s relationship with the EU. The resignation of Lord Frost in December has precipitated a major reorganisation (possibly still on-going) of the government’s management of EU and Brexit … Continue reading
Making sense of the UK’s approach to the Protocol
Just a short post this week, since I already wrote about this in a Twitter thread earlier in the week: The thread was an attempt to make sense of what the UK is doing and whether it might work. As … Continue reading
Reworking the Protocol, or just trying to make it work?
This week has seen the full return of the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol to political agendas, after a lull during the UK’s party political conference season. Last night saw the publication of the Commission’s extensive proposals on enabling the implementation of … Continue reading
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Tagged Article 16, Brexit, EU, Northern Ireland Protocol, UK, Withdrawal Agreement
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