I was an efter man all the way through, i thought we should have gone for a swiss type deal. I didn't get exactly what i wanted. Neither will robert have done, neither will boris have done, right? Because all these things are compromises. So i'm not going to try and argue here that everything is perfect but perfection is not for this sublunary world. But i am going to that it is better, on balance, than the alternative would have been. The prediction of an absolute calamity failed to materialize as did various predictions of non economic calamities. We were told by the treasury that there would be session in 20 16 stretching into
It was always going to be a disaster. Queues of HGVs stretching miles from Dover. The Good Friday Agreement threatened by the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol and increased support for Scottish Independence. That’s the argument of the doomsayers in this debate. But others claim that while short-term damage is inevitable – there is always blowback from a jilted partner – Brexit is a long-term project, one that is tied to the fundamental principle of sovereignty. Which side is right? To debate the issue, we welcome back Conservative politician Daniel Hannan, Labour MP Stella Creasy, and are joined by Robert Tombs, the historian of France and Britain, whose most recent book is This Sovereign Isle: Britain In and Out of Europe. Plus, Dominic Grieve, former Conservative MP and former Attorney General for England and Wales. Chairing the debate is Johnny Dymond, BBC News presenter and Royal Correspondent.
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