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26 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said:

Undercuts the Belfast Agreement.

The Belfast Agreement was designed to stop major changes to the status quo without cross community support. Pulling NI out of all Ireland customs arrangements on the say so of the DUP alone was not its intention.

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Just now, welshbairn said:

The Belfast Agreement was designed to stop major changes to the status quo without cross community support. Pulling NI out of all Ireland customs arrangements on the say so of the DUP alone was not its intention.

And keeping it in on the say so of Sinn Fein was not its intention either.

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Have I got this right? It’s coming back next week. Letwin and the Tory rebels are probably going to vote for it. Dodds sounds like he is going to engage and negotiate some details (that don’t scupper it with the EU?) And in meantime Boris is not going to write the letter? I’d love to know what his get-out basis is. Although I understand why he’s not saying - until he’s in court.

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9 minutes ago, welshbairn said:

The Belfast Agreement was designed to stop major changes to the status quo without cross community support. Pulling NI out of all Ireland customs arrangements on the say so of the DUP alone was not its intention.

You just contradicted yourself. The DUP represent the majority of Unionist opinion and major changes are supposed to need both Unionist and Nationalist majority approval rather than a majority of one and a minority of the other.

What will be interesting to watch now is how far the DUP will go in opposing BJ's deal. Their support might help tip the scales on a second referendum amendment.

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9 minutes ago, LongTimeLurker said:

You just contradicted yourself. The DUP represent the majority of Unionist opinion and major changes are supposed to need both Unionist and Nationalist majority approval rather than a majority of one and a minority of the other.

What will be interesting to watch now is how far the DUP will go in opposing BJ's deal. Their support might help tip the scales on a second referendum amendment.

The DUP have 27 votes out of 90, but they're demanding the right to force a customs border in Ireland on their say so alone. That's a massive change to the status quo that the cross community support rules were meant to mitigate, not enable.

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