Boris and “special lines”

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To be fair they (EU) don't seem to have been especially constructive over the past couple of years

They are not being constructive, because there is nothing to construct. The fact is that in order to respect the GFA and the multiple commitments on both sides in recent years to preserve it NI must remain in the CU and CM.

So the UK have 2 options - A) remain in the CU&CM in it's entirety or B) only keep the NI in them. Both options deliver Brexit, with the added benefit of it being softer Brexit that would appease the majority of the 16m+ who voted remain.

The problem is that ERG is against option A, while the DUP is against option B and the Tories are cnuts, only interested in their internal politics and not what's good for the country.

Everything that Boris has been doing since he took over as a PM is damage control, laying the grounds to shift blame to Parliament if no-deal Brexit is delayed or to the EU if no-deal Brexit happens and it's as bad as every expert including the Government's own civil service is saying.