week or two of this to be low and they'll go like we're going to give you a week to rethink it and then we're going to do all these things but they know that johnson wouldn't do that it would be humiliating and surely cost him his job and also anti-eu rhetoric would be sky-high amongst conservatives and johnson wouldn't be allowed to back down um you know so after a period of reflection the eu would have to act anyway i saw a report that the commission are working on the assumption that we are going to suspend the protocol at some point they're working on proposals designed to alleviate the issues that the uk government seems to think exists but i think hopefully they haven't ex i have seen them explicitly state this but they must know by now it really doesn't matter how effectively they calm down the situation the government will always have some issue because they want the protocol dropped ideologically not for practical reasons just ideological but also they are working on their response should the protocol be abandoned by london and i guess one argument against the eu even given us a week to reconsider is that all hell would break loose in northern irish politics the dup would be cockahoop but shin flame shinfane would be furious now i can imagine cooler heads in between the two would be rather nervous about the immediate future now there's no suggestion that any suspension is imminent there was a meeting for example of the specialized committee a couple of days ago and it's believed that there will be intensive talks over the next few weeks as well so this is not something that's going to happen this month but it could be looking like towards the end of october if the eu are are correct and david frost desperately wants to suspend the protocol and he just wants to make sure he's in the best possible position to get away with it then someone may do something reckless you know because the thing is right now the uk position is uh yes we agreed that treaty but what we'd like you to do with it now is to set fire to it and then piss on the ashes whereas the eu position is well do you know what we like this treaty we'd quite like to frame it and hang it on the wall now the two positions are mutually exclusive one side is going to have to fundamentally change before this issue is resolved in however many years that takes but those are my thoughts let me know yours in the comments below i hope you found the video interesting if you did don't forget to click the like button and if you'd like to support the channel further please also click the patreon link for details and until next time i'll see you later
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