today? today we have the first vote on this proposed legislation, i today? today we have the first vote on this proposed legislation, the i on this proposed legislation, the first time it will be before mps in the commons for a proper debate. i don t think at this stage this is going to face terrible difficulty getting through the commons. it is opposed by labour and the snp, but the vast majority of conservative mps seem to be onside. so i do think it will get through the first parliamentary hurdle today. there is a bigger battle coming in the house of lords, a number of peers are concerned that this would allow ministers in london to unilaterally override parts of the brexit deal, which borisjohnson s government which boris johnson s government signed which borisjohnson s government signed up to. the eu dislike it because they think it undermines the brexit deal and sees the uk going back on its word, so there is bound to be a continuing war of words there. one of the questions we ha
of proposals you put together, i believe, last autumn, in october. for which we have had very little reaction from the. well, you ve got a reaction now. the british government says, you know what, we re actually going to have to completely rethink this. we re going to walk away from the protocol as it currently is constituted, but we are going to put forward, through legislation, our own measures, which will meet the eu s demands. it will clarify and simplify trade between great britain and northern ireland, but it will also safeguard the eu single market. and they ll do that by creating these red and green channels, so that trade that is specifically from great britain to northern ireland, and not going anywhere near the republic of ireland and your single market, that will go in a green channel and you will not monitor it, you will not demand the bureaucracy and the paperwork that currently is required. what s wrong with that? i know the other position of the government, wh
to completely rethink this. we re going to walk away from the protocol as it currently is constituted, but we are going to put forward, through legislation, our own measures, which will meet the eu s demands. it will clarify and simplify trade between great britain and northern ireland, but it will also safeguard the eu single market. and they ll do that by creating these red and green channels, so that trade that is specifically from great britain to northern ireland, and not going anywhere near the republic of ireland and your single market, that will go in a green channel and you will not monitor it, you will not demand the bureaucracy and the paperwork that currently is required. what s wrong with that? i know the other position of the government, which you described in a very favourable way. it s much less simple than that because it puts in question fundamental elements of the protocol. let me give you. only you don t trust london. you don t trust london any more, do you?
together, i believe, last autumn, in october. for which we have had very little reaction from the. well, you ve got a reaction now. the british government says, you know what, we re actually going to have to completely rethink this. we re going to walk away from the protocol as it currently is constituted, but we are going to put forward, through legislation, our own measures, which will meet the eu s demands. it will clarify and simplify trade between great britain and northern ireland, but it will also safeguard the eu single market. and they ll do that by creating these red and green channels, so that trade that is specifically from great britain to northern ireland, and not going anywhere near the republic of ireland and your single market, that will go in a green channel and you will not monitor it, you will not demand the bureaucracy and the paperwork that currently is required. what s wrong with that? i know the other position of the government, which you described in
last autumn, in october. for which we have had very little reaction from the. well, you ve got a reaction now. the british government says, you know what, we re actually going to have to completely rethink this. we re going to walk away from the protocol as it currently is constituted, but we are going to put forward, through legislation, our own measures, which will meet the eu s demands. it will clarify and simplify trade between great britain and northern ireland, but it will also safeguard the eu single market. and they ll do that by creating these red and green channels, so that trade that is specifically from great britain to northern ireland, and not going anywhere near the republic of ireland and your single market, that will go in a green channel and you will not monitor it, you will not demand the bureaucracy and the paperwork that currently is required. what s wrong with that? i know the other position of the government, which you described in a very favourable way