There has been a significant constituency in the UK for the hardest of exits from the EU for years. Johnson wrote on Saturday that it was a step necessary to preserve the integrity of the UK, supposedly from a future attack from the EU. One might think if the EU ever did decide to attack, that might be the moment to repudiate the Treaty. My advice to the EU is to now let things play out. Let this one play out, let them leave without the deal that, if truth be told, they don’t really want.

Source: The Irish Times September 13, 2020 10:31 UTC