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Entirely at the end of the transition period at the end of 2020 the dreaded backstop that was designed to prevent a hard border on the island of ireland that so many m. P. s couldnt vote for thats gone its been replaced by a border in the irish sea that again many m. P. s will not be able to vote for it has pluses on both sides for the u. K. And the e. U. For the u. K. Of course it allows Boris Johnsons government to go make as Many International trade deals as it likes and the e. U. Gets its Single Market protected its only land border with the United Kingdom and of course peace is upheld on the island of ireland i think here in brussels among the leaders there was a real sense at the end of the day of relief and of optimism that they could now perhaps move on the worst is over moving on to the 2nd phase of brics it because of those breaks it is far from over theyve got to negotiate a future trade deal but hopefully now they can do it in a more positive atmosphere less combative witho
Before the first debate. 1 is what you needed to make in the polls. Or having a certain amount of individual donors who gave you a dollar. The purpose of that was, we wanted to make sure that there were multiple pathways to the debate stage because some people are wellknown nationally and some arent. And they deserve, but they are very talented so they deserve an opportunity. I think we have been incredibly inclusive. 20 people made the debate stage with us two debates. And the closer you get to the primaries, and caucuses, historically, we have shown that you have to make progress. So actually the voters are having input, because they are, ive spoken to so many voters who said boy, i saw soandso on the debate stage and i had given her money. It made me proud tos feel part of it. So we have given the grassroots a role. Again, a one percent polling threshold for the first two debates. A 2 polling threshold for the next debates, i would cement that is not a high bar. Again, i would submi
Announcer joining us on newsmakers is the chair of the Democratic National committee, tom perez and joining us with the questioning are our guests from Washington Post and politico. I want to begin with the dnc rules for the debate. We sat down with john delaney, one of the candidates, and he is one of a number of candidates who said we understand why dnc put in place these debate rules but still feel it is unfair that the dnc and not voters are deciding who is in or out of this race. We have given unprecedented access to candidates. It is hard. Our first set of rules were put into place for a half months before the first debate. 1 is what you needed to make in the polls. Or having a certain amount of individual donors who gave you a dollar. The purpose of that was, we wanted to make sure that there were multiple pathways to the debate stage because some people are wellknown nationally and some arent. And they deserve, but they are very talented so they deserve an opportunity. I think
1 is what you needed to make in the polls. Or having a certain amount of individual donors who gave you a dollar. The purpose of that was, we wanted to make sure that there were multiple pathways to the debate stage because some people are wellknown nationally and some arent. And they deserve, but they are very talented so they deserve an opportunity. I think we have been incredibly inclusive. 20 people made the debate stage with us two debates. And the closer you get to the primaries, and caucuses, historically, we have shown that you have to make progress. So actually the voters are having input, because they are, ive spoken to so many voters who said boy, i saw soandso on the debate stage and i had given her money. It made me proud tos feel part of it. So we have given the grassroots a role. Again, a one percent polling threshold for the first two debates. A 2 polling threshold for the next debates, i would cement that is not a high bar. Again, i would submit that is not a high bar.