Northern Ireland’s Secretary Brandon Lewis said today that there are “clear precedents” for the UK and other countries, each of which will have to take into account its external obligations as cases change.
But Conservative MP Sir Bob Neil has angrily tweeted: “Any violation, or possible breach, of the foreign legal obligations we have entered into is unacceptable, whether ‘specific’ or ‘limited’. “Respect for the rule of law is negotiable. “
Negotiations are taking a position this afternoon between the EU and the UK in London.
Meanwhile, Jonathan Jones, the head of the government’s legal department, resigned after the prime minister’s adjustments to the Brexit divorce bill.
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MINISTERS SET NEW CHALLENGE IN POST-BREXIT TRADE ISSUES
Ministers face a new challenge: to give Parliament more influence in post-Brexit industrial agreements.
A conservative attempt to give MPs and colleagues a role in approving new industrial agreements rejected in the House of Commons.
But opposition peers have warned that they will seek to amend the Lores Trade Bill to prevent Parliament from having a “viewer” in the process.
Labour spokesman Lord Stevenson of Balmacara said his party aims to amend the law to ensure proper parliamentary oversight of industrial agreements.
Trade policies would be taken in our minds with fewer opportunities for scrutiny and Parliament’s internal and external debate, unless the bill was amended, he said, a moment reading the debate on the bill, which has already cleared the Commons.
ANOTHER MEP TORY CRITICIZES THE GOVERNMENT
Conservative MP and former minister George Freeman criticized the government’s resolve to annul the withdrawal agreement.
He tweeted, “Oh my God. That sound you hear?
“It is the sound of the Supreme Court that is about to remind ministers that deliberately violating the law, even in a very express and limited manner, is, well, illegal.
Oh dear.
That sound you hear? It is the sound of the Supreme Court to remind ministers that deliberately violating the law, even in a very express and limited way, is, in fact, illegal. https: //t. co/0l63k8TeAz
– George Freeman MP (@GeorgeFreemanMP) September 8, 2020
TORY MP SAYS NO ‘PROTOCOL CHANGE’ WILL BE SEEN WORLDWIDE AS AN ACT OF BAD FAITH ‘
Conservative MPs are expressing their views on the government’s plan to amend the Brexit withdrawal bill.
One of them, Conservative MP Roger Gale, tweeted: “Seeking to renegotiate the Northern Ireland Protocol will be noticed around the world as an act of bad faith. Those of us who supported the withdrawal agreement expected clause 38 ‘Get out of jail This provision would be used to verify and rewrite a foreign agreement signed through the Prime Minister.
“I need to see an agreement with the EU, but that is largely Mr Barnier’s business and if we can achieve 31 December without one, so be it. What we won’t have to do is undermine our external credibility. an honorable country and this honor is not sold or exchanged”.
– Sir Roger Gale MP (@SirRogerGale) September 2020
LIB DEM LEADER CALLS GOVERNMENT PLANS ‘SAD AND KNOWLEDGE’
The leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Ed Davey, has accepted the government’s plan to annul the EU divorce bill.
The new party leader tweeted: “This is a pitiful and shocking scenario for our country.
“Non-compliance with foreign law will cause incalculable damage to our reputation abroad, impoverish us, and make it more difficult to deal with global crises like the climate emergency. “
– Ed Davey MP ???????????? (@EdwardJDavey) 8 September 2020
TORY MP EXPLAINS POTENTIAL ‘INFRINGEMENT’ OF GOVERNMENT LEGAL OBLIGATIONS
Conservative MP Sir Bob Neil tweeted: “Any violation, or possible breach, of the foreign legal obligations we have assumed is unacceptable, ‘specific’ or ‘limited’. “
“Respect for the rule of law is negotiable. “
Along with the tweet, he shared a video of himself interviewing Northern Ireland Secretary of State Brandon Lewis.
Speaking in the House of Commons, Bromley and Chislehurst’s member asked for assurances that nothing proposed on the bill “violated, or could potentially violate, the foreign obligations or foreign legal agreements we have entered into,” and asked Mr. Lewis if a ministerial assembly leadership given the decision.
Respect for the rule of law is negociable. Pic. twitter. com/VQhhA5w6lJ
– Sir Bob Neill MP (@neill_bob) September 2020
LEWIS TELLS MINISTERS THAT UK PROPOSALS ON EU DEAL COULD ‘BREAK INTERNATIONAL LAW’
A cabinet minister said he hoped the UK would “violate foreign law” with proposals to replace the key agreement with EU works.
Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis told MPs that this would be “in a very express and limited way,” adding that there are “clear precedents” for the UK and other countries that will have to take into account their external obligations as cases change.
His Labour counterpart, Louise Haigh, described admission as “absolutely astonishing” and warned that it would “seriously undermine” the UK’s authority on stage.
The government will introduce the Internal Market Bill on Wednesday, which aims to ensure that Northern Ireland’s products remain unrestricted in the UK market, while specifying that EU state aid regulations, which will continue to apply in Northern Ireland, will not apply. to the rest of the UK.
Concerns have been expressed that the key to the withdrawal agreement, which sealed the UK’s exit from the EU in January, will be annulled through legislation.
BRITISH BREXIT NEGOTIATOR TAKES OFFICE AT LORDS’ HOUSE AMID WITHDRAWAL AGREEMENT
The UK’s Brexit negotiating leader has taken his seat in the House of Lords amid a developing dispute over accusations that the government will cancel parts of the EU withdrawal agreement.
Lord Frost was taken to the upper house before complicated talks with his Brussels counterpart, Michel Barnier, to negotiate a long-term industrial agreement.
However, a dispute has broken out amid considerations about the advice the Prime Minister gave to opposing parts of Northern Ireland’s withdrawal agreement.
Downing Street said the government proposed “limited clarifications” of the law so that certain ministers could maintain the achievements of the Good Friday Agreement in the event of no agreement.
However, the EU has warned that the UK will not oppose its previous commitments if it needs to succeed in a flexible industrial agreement.
Former Prime Minister THERESA CAN REMEMBER CONFIDENCE
Former Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May has raised considerations in the House of Commons about trust.
She said: “The UK has signed the withdrawal agreement with the Northern Ireland Protocol, this Parliament voted on this withdrawal agreement in UK law.
“The government is converting the works of this agreement.
“Given this, how can the government assure long-term foreign partners that the UK can accept as true the legal obligations of the agreements it signs?”Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis replied: “We have worked with the EU in a spirit of religion and I know that we will continue to do so, with either party operating in a spirit of intelligent religion to ensure that we put into force agreements that respect the basic principles underlying the protocol and, of course, our first priority remains to reach agreement on the protocol for the Joint Committee and the Free Trade Agreement broader.
TORY SENIOR CALLS PM TO ACCEPT WITHDRAWAL AGREEMENT IF EU IS ‘UNREASONABLE’
Conservative MP Sir Bernard Jenkin has asked Boris Johnson to refuse to settle for the Brexit (WA) withdrawal agreement if the EU insists on an “unreasonable” interpretation of its provisions.
Sir Bernard, who chairs the guidance organisation of the European studies organisation pro-Brexit, said that if there is no agreement with Brussels, the UK has to assert its own interpretation of the AO.
“If the EU refuses to succeed in an agreement with us, there are two options: the first is to enact a national law that largely overrides the direct effect and direct applicability of EU law. We have the mandate and most to do it, then, ” he said in a statement.
“Second, if the EU insists on an unreasonable interpretation of the withdrawal agreement, the UK will have to be in a position to repudiate it.
“I hope it is not necessary, but if it is the only form of prosperity in the United Kingdom and the kind of sovereign independence that is the democratic right of any country identified through the Charter of the United Nations, so be it. And at most in other countries, he’d respect us for that.
MINISTER SAYS INTERNAL MARKET BILL WILL BE IN LINE WITH BREXIT DIVORCE DEAL
Northern Ireland’s Minister Brandon Lewis said the UK government would honour its external commitments and that a UK domestic market bill would be in line with the divorce agreement signed with the European Union this year.
“The UK domestic market law we will introduce this week is in line with our commitment to legislate for unrestricted access, which Northern Ireland has constantly asked us to do,” Lewis told Parliament.
“It is the delivery of the protocol in all circumstances. “
JAPAN WANTS TO WIN AN OFFER THIS WEEK
The Japanese government needs to reach broad consensus with the UK on industry this week.
The country’s ruling party will decide next week on a new leader to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has to resign on fitness grounds.
His successor will be the next prime minister and form a new cabinet.
The political changes, which may lead to a new foreign minister to succeed Toshimitsu Motegi, want either country to push forward the industry negotiations, the official said.
“We need to succeed in broad agreement on industry negotiations with Britain this week under the leadership of Foreign Minister Motegi,” said the official, an opinion shared through the government official.
LEGAL HEAD OF GOVERNMENT ” ON BREXIT ABOLITION PLANS ‘
The head of the legal branch of government has resigned due to anger over Boris Johnson’s advice to annul the Brexit withdrawal agreement.
Sir Jonathan Jones’ departure was shown through the attorney general’s office, who refused to comment on the explanation of why the latest launch in a series of resignations by senior officials.
The Financial Times reported today that Sir Jonathan resigned as permanent branch secretary due to a dispute with Downing Street.
Two Whitehall officials reportedly told the newspaper that he left the considerations the prime minister was looking for in opposite parts of northern Ireland’s Brexit agreement.
A spokesman for the Attorney General’s Office said: “I can verify that Sir Jonathan has resigned, but I cannot say any more. “
AIRLINE GROUP IAG GETS APPROVAL TO CONTINUE FLYING IF A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT IS NOT REACHED
The airline organization IAG said on Tuesday that it had received approvals to continue flying if a flexible industrial agreement between Britain and the European Union is not reached.
“In accordance with European Union connectivity regulations, last year our airlines presented their ownership and plans to the respective national regulators in Spain and Ireland,” said President Antonio Vázquez at the group’s AGM in Madrid, which was broadcast live.
“We are very pleased to announce that regulators have shown that these plans on the occasion of a Brexit are in line with EU connectivity regulations. “
THE ATTORNEY’S GENERAL STATEMENT CONFIRMS DEPARTURE FROM THE LEGAL HEAD OF GOVERNMENT
Sir Jonathan Jones resigned as permanent secretary of the government’s legal department, said the attorney general, in the last departure of a senior official.
The Financial Times reported that Sir Jonathan would resign over a dispute with Downing Street for clues that would challenge parts of the Brexit withdrawal agreement.
A spokesman for the Attorney General’s Office said: “I can verify that Sir Jonathan has resigned, but I cannot say any more. “
BREXIT FISHING TALKS DISSRUPTION CLAIM REJECTED BY SCOTTISH CABINET MINISTER
A Scottish government minister has denied undermining the Brexit negotiations by urging anyone to engage with the fisheries sector.
Business leaders in the UK government are said to be furious with the Scottish government for their intervention in stalled negotiations, which has hated negotiations.
Regular talks are taking place, separate from the Brexit negotiations, between Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon, government ministers and EU Brexit negotiating leader Michel Barnier.
According to a Times report, Westminster resources said they had “arrested” their Holyrood counterparts at an official meeting between the governments of Scotland and the United Kingdom for allegedly saying that “both sides want to move a little. “
A UK government source told the newspaper: “This behaviour is not only undermining the UK government, it is undermining Scotland and its fishermen by preventing the UK from speaking in one voice to say that we need an independent coastal state again. “
THE OFFENSIVE ART DIRECTED AT TIM MARTIN PLACED IN THE DORSET WETHERSPOON PUB
An offensive portrait of Wetherspoon founder Tim Martin, featured in one of the president’s own commercials.
The image, which includes a photo of Mr. Martin composed of the word “c”, displayed at the William Henry Wetherspoon in Weymouth, Dorset on Sunday [September 6]
The guilty artist, known as Better of Dead (BOD), says he hung the art in the restaurant’s bathroom to protest the “horrible” remedy of staff through Martin at the beginning of the lockdown.
Social media users responded with fun, after BOD shared images of the portrait on site some time later.
One user wrote: “You, Father, have won the Internet for today!Well done, again!”, While the user, Ronny Baggs, added: “Real art”.
HEAD OF GOVERNMENT LEGAL DEPARTMENT ABANDONS BREXIT PLANS
The head of the UK legal branch of government resigned after Prime Minister Boris Johnson threatened to cancel the Brexit divorce deal with the European Union, the Financial Times reports.
The newspaper said Jonathan Jones left office due to a dispute with Johnson’s workplace over his goal of undermining the retirement treaty signed in January in connection with the Northern Ireland Protocol.
GERMAN FINANCE MINISTER SAYS BREXIT ”PROBLEM” WOULD BE A DISASTER FOR UK
A disorderly Brexit would be a crisis for Britain and its citizens, German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz told Reuters, adding that the latest signals from London “do not raise hope for a deal. “
“One thing is clear: a complicated Brexit would not be for Europe, it would be a real crisis for Britain and its citizens,” Scholz said in a pre-talks interview with the Brexit industry on Tuesday.
The European Union told Britain on Monday that there would be no agreement with the industry if it tried to play with the Brexit divorce treaty, raising the possibility of a tumultuous end of the year for the saga.
EU caution came after the Financial Times reported that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government could simply undermine the withdrawal agreement signed in January.
BREXIT EXPLAINED
Brexit talks are on edge, as Boris Johnson threatened last night to lose hope of an industry deal if there is no deal in five weeks.
The main problems related to problems such as State aid and fisheries rights have paralyzed discussions with Brussels: this is what has happened so far and what will happen next.
Find out in our explanation.
GAUKE SAYS THE GOVERNMENT ”ATTEMPT TO REWRITE THE TREATY ‘TO REFLECT’ WHAT PM SAYS’
David Gauke says Boris Johnson seeks to reconcile the deal he sold to the public he signed with.
In statements to Sky News, Gauke said: “The government is going to unilaterally rewrite the content of the treaty to be consistent with what the Prime Minister has said.
“But this is not in line with what the treaty that was agreed by both sides last year and implemented through Parliament this year means.
“And if that is what happens, it will obviously hurt to accept as true between the EU and the UK.
“The EU will see this as an act of bad religion on the part of the UK and, frankly, with some justification. “
FORMER PRO-REMAIN MINISTER SAYS BREXIT GOVERNMENT’S STANCE MEANS THAT ONLY A ‘FINE AGREEMENT’ IS POSSIBLE
The former tenure minister, David Gauke, has criticized the Government for its stance on Brexit.
According to the Telegraph, he said: “Of course, it is still imaginable that an agreement will be reached. It would not be a very comprehensive agreement, it would not be very complete, but it is imaginable a weak agreement.
“But there doesn’t seem to be a willingness to compromise. “
PROREMAIN PARTIES DEMAND THAT NORTHERN IRELAND’S PROTOCOL BE HONORED
The key elements of brexit’s withdrawal agreement would amount to a serious betrayal of a foreign treaty, the pro-Remain parts of Northern Ireland warned.
Sinn Fein, SDLP, Alliance Party and Green Party NI have expressed fears about the prospect of the UK government introduced a national law to update parts of the Protocol to the Northern Ireland Agreement governing State aid and customs agreements.
In response to a Financial Times report describing Boris Johnson’s obvious intention, the parties wrote a joint letter to the EU and it was not easy for the terms of the treaty to be respected.
Under the protocol negotiated in the withdrawal agreement, Northern Ireland will continue to comply with market regulations for singles goods and administer the EU customs code at its ports.
It was designed to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland, but industry trade unionists vehemently opposed it, insisting that it instead create an economic border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.
THE NEW BREXIT CUSTOMS LAW WILL NOT START THE EXISTING TREATY
The government will introduce a new law that could replace post-Brexit customs plans with the EU.
But No. 10 denied “scamming” the existing treaty. The UK domestic market bill will be published on Wednesday.
The two sides agreed in 2019 on the terms of the UK’s departure, adding long-term industry in Northern Ireland.
Reports warned that a new law could simply “replace” the legal force of the agreement: the withdrawal agreement.
But Downing Street said it would make “minor clarifications in incredibly fast areas. “
THE EU COMMISSIONER RELIES ON THE GOVERNMENT TO “IMPLEMENT THE WITHDRAWAL AGREEMENT;
Ursula von der Leyen tweeted that he asked the British government to “implement the withdrawal agreement. “
The European Commissioner tweeted him on Monday night, before the critical talks in Brussels today.
Ms Von der Leyen said: “I accept as true with the British government to put into force the withdrawal agreement, a legal liability under foreign law and a precondition for any long-term partnership.
“The Protocol of Ireland/Northern Ireland is essential for peace and stability on the island and the integrity of the singles market. “
– Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) 7 September 2020
THE DUP ” WELCOMES GOVERNMENT SPECULATION BY IMPLEMENTING RETURN MEASURES
The DUP welcomed the “broadly speaking” hypothesis that the elements of brexit’s withdrawal agreement could be replaced.
On Monday night, the party said, “We note the hypothesis that the government will seek withdrawal measures under the Domestic Market Act to protect Northern Ireland’s interests if no agreement is reached that mitigates the risk of the NI protocol. “
“We will need to see the main points and the most precise clauses related to that, and we will examine them carefully.
“We welcome them in general terms as far as they go, but the government will have to continue working to eliminate any inconvenience caused to Northern Ireland through the signing of the protocol. “
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