This is the letter:
https://assets.publishing.service.g...M_letter_to_His_Excellency_Mr_Donald_Tusk.pdf
The letter clearly ignores the UK chose to leave the EU -it is written from a stance that the backstop is unacceptable politically and its the responsibility of the EU to remove it.
It offers no solution to dealing with the problem that the Irish border will be an external border to the single market.
It will be refused by the EU -Ive no doubt Theresa May has already had exactly the same discussions.
Of course the tone of the letter and the fact it has beem made public is for one simple reason:
Boris Johnson will be able to blame the EU for not negotiating
-it will direct the anger of radicalised Brexiteers and absolve him from any blame in failure to deliver Brexit: so we have now got down to cries of childish 'its not fair'
https://assets.publishing.service.g...M_letter_to_His_Excellency_Mr_Donald_Tusk.pdf
The letter clearly ignores the UK chose to leave the EU -it is written from a stance that the backstop is unacceptable politically and its the responsibility of the EU to remove it.
It offers no solution to dealing with the problem that the Irish border will be an external border to the single market.
It will be refused by the EU -Ive no doubt Theresa May has already had exactly the same discussions.
Of course the tone of the letter and the fact it has beem made public is for one simple reason:
Boris Johnson will be able to blame the EU for not negotiating
-it will direct the anger of radicalised Brexiteers and absolve him from any blame in failure to deliver Brexit: so we have now got down to cries of childish 'its not fair'