Not much consolation for the French who have to leap through the same hoops.

Until the Northern Ireland situation is sorted out, we still don't really have Brexit.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

It was mentioned at the time by Blair and Major who jointly visited NI and warned just how difficult the issue would be and its potential to impact on the GF agreement; those were two people who knew what the political issues of NI were all about - not the bluff and bluster of BJ who, of course, concluded the protocol with references of "sending any paperwork to him". Subsequent events have proven both the tissue of lies re NI and also his broader complete lack of judgement.
In terms of the comments from another poster about "we don't really have Brexit until NI is sorted out", I entirely disagree. The issue with NI, with its very small population, is very particular to that geography and has little or no impact on the rest of the UK. In fact, it presents businesses with a lot of opportunity given they are essentially still in the Single Mkt and Customs Union. Many NI businesses are taking full advantage of that despite the political rhetoric coming from some NI parties who feel thoroughly threatened that there time in power is rapidly ending.
In terms of the wider impacts of Brexit, they are there for all to see despite the extraordinary comments of the Mogg. It will be interesting to see which legislation they are so keen to "burn" as it will do two things - keep an ongoing issue with the EU (entirely for political ends) given the level playing field issues that the UK signed up to and may well not have support of UK citizens if they attempt to roll back on employment regulations for example.

While NI is still British then the reality is that we don't have a 'Brexit'. You have 3/4 Brexit.

As for the Singapore economy option that Brexit potentially allows....I think that's more in the hands of the EU than it is the economic right of the conservatives.

Johnson is far too much of a cuck to walk that line....but if the Tories win the next election with a similar majority and the EU still want to play hardball....in those circumstances I could see moves start towards it.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

It was one of the primary reasons why I did not want any kind of formal deal done with the EU. Local solutions could have been put into place, along with a host of others as well, as opposed to a one size fits all arrangement which is absolutely ludicrous.

Less than 2% of all UK exports actually crosses that particular border so it was utterly insignificant to the UK and given that the freedom of individual movement between the two countries pre-dated the EU by many decades, then that was never going to be an issue anyway.

The only people ever putting in any kind of 'hard' border infrastructure was going to be the EU and its a complete myth for people to think there ever was custom-free trade between the two nations anyway with the Southern Irish already checking not only commercial vehicles but also private ones as well for things such as heating oil.

NI has been allowed to hang in the ether by a political class who still wish for us to be tied into the EU. A 'good' deal for the UK never existed and it would have been far more honest to just admit that from the start rather than us being led down the garden path.

The EU, and those driving its wider agenda, are not pragmatic people. Greeces inclusion in the single currency project is the prime example of that. The notion that we could sit down and deal with them is utterly ludicrous.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

What's in it for your communist agenda though?