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The bare “necessity” – how the legal position of the United Kingdom on the Northern Irish Protocol Bill makes no sense
I simply don't understand how the SNP think it would work with an independent Scotland as part of the single market, with England and Wales outside it. You'd need Dover/Calais style documentation and customs checks at the border, particularly for moving food and drink between the two jurisdictions.
Hard border would be created with England if independent Scotland joined EU
A hard border with England would be created for the first time in three centuries if an independent Scotland joined the European Union, a think-tank has warned.www.scotsman.com
Scotland faces border checks with England if it rejoins the EU - think tank
Scotland will need checkpoints along its border with England for the first time in more than three centuries if it votes for independence and rejoins the European Union, according to a think tank report published on Thursday.www.reuters.com
It would play havoc with the supermarkets' distribution system, and forget nipping across the border to do your weekly supermarket shop.
The rules of of World Trade Organisation are now the third international law regime the government of the United Kingdom want to be free from this week – and it is still only Thursday lunchtime.
It seems the PM has become a corsair.The curious resignation letter of Lord Geidt – what it says, what it does not say, and what it signifies
16th June 2022 Lord Geidt is an unlikely man of steel. Yet it appears that steel was the reason for his resignation. And so, as a discreet but embarrassed courtier, he has chosen to exit via the &#…davidallengreen.com