The King’s Speech last week introduced the Product Safety and Metrology Bill, allowing government ministers to follow European regulations as they’re brought in, without reference to Parliament. (Exporters would still need to prove that products meet European standards when they enter the European single market. There is still some talk of eliminating the Windsor Framework, but all but the most stalwart of TUV true believers must know that idea is fantasy. It will offer a plan to reduce the Windsor Framework over time by gradually aligning Britain with the EU Single Market as NI already is. Will they spend the coming years in an ever more doomed attempt to eliminate the Windsor Framework, or come around to accepting reality?

Source: The Guardian July 29, 2024 15:00 UTC