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The Foreign Secretary, who now seems to be in charge of Northern Ireland, says that if the DUP suspends border controls at the provinces ports the government will not intervene.
Excellent news, I plan to stop paying my taxes, and start driving without insurance and take up mugging old ladies. I am sure the government will not intervene, but just to encourage me in this new career move I would really like it to confirm this in advance.
Liz Truss should know that law breaking is a bad thing for government to encourage and that the people she is negotiating with can read english. She can’t possibly be stupid enough to miss those two points.
So this is not just a totally irresponsible stoking of Northern Ireland’s fires but tells the EU that she is not to be trusted, her word is worthless and the treaty she desperately wants to re-negotiate is not worth the paper it is written on.
But it tells the Tory party that Liz Truss is their kind of politician.
So that is OK then.
On Monday I’ll look at what the consequences might be.
Economics, trade and Brexit, not necessarily in that order but the dog always comes first.