There are reports today that the EU is taking the UK to court. Why are they being so nasty?
Well, maybe they’re not? Some people would argue that it is the only step they can take when the British government has broken international law and the duty of good faith.
The Brexit deal was rushed through Parliament and – it seems – many MPs voted for it because it was the only deal on offer at that desperate point of negotiations and a no-deal scenario would be even worse.
After a few weeks we see an increasing pile of evidence that Parliament, and even the ministers who negotiated the deal, didn’t really understand the implications.
One possible explanation might be that Prime Minister Johnson was so set on “getting Brexit done” that he forgot to read the fine print. And instead of admitting he got it wrong he has now brought us to a situation where the whole country is in court, accused of breaking international law.
It may not be the EU who are being nasty. It may be that this court case is the inevitable effect of a bad deal.
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