Boris Johnson’s party conference speech was full of jokes and the well-known poisonous rhetoric. For the first time, however, he also made concrete proposals for the EU exit, which could pave a way for an agreement, says Barbara Wesel.
In any case, the speech of Boris Johnson in Manchester was entertaining. As an experienced cabaret artist, he knows that you have to hold the audience’s interest, and the distances between the jokes short. So he fired them in a row, old, as well as seemed to be the leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn in the moon rocket, and new to fishing in Scotland, in the Turbo-Finance, and the Turbot, the turbot. And then there was Boris Johnson’s special joke about the Speaker of the lower house and kangaroo testicles. So far So extremely funny.
You may not call it merely a Backstop
The Prime long-the audience is not bored with the details of his new proposal for an exit agreement with the EU. A vague outline and a few martial sentences according to the motto: “This is to meet the only and last offer” had to. Maybe Johnson wanted to show his followers, but also how far he is actually willing to move. The Details are only in the Letter to Brussels, and arrived there in the afternoon.
The negotiations in Brussels with the British Delegation, were your name not value, submit to the Premier for the first time, something on the table, which potentially agreement is capable of. He takes the old EU proposal from the Backstop only for Northern Ireland, of the Theresa May had said that no British head of government, could ever such a monstrous sign.
DW Brussels correspondent Barbara Wesel
Boris Johnson is, however, not so squeamish. He proposes that Northern Ireland is in a kind of special-regulation zone with the EU. That is, Goods and food could continue to be freely transported across the invisible border into the Republic of Ireland, because both sides are working according to the same rules. However, the UK wants to leave the customs Union, which controls power somewhere, possibly behind – the – border-is necessary. The devil is in the Detail, one should not rejoice too early. But, in principle, could be based on this, perhaps a compromise is possible and a hard Brexit be avoided.
The Stalinist Northern Irish DUP, but that May made life a living hell, has made Johnson with party tags, champagne and bribe into submission. For them, the proposal is interesting, because they are likely to vote every four years thereafter, on the continuation of the scheme in the Northern Irish Assembly. The increased political significance and looks democratic. For the EU, and Dublin, he is relatively harmless, because a majority against the economically life-saving procedure in Northern Ireland is hardly conceivable.
Will it give due to Boris Johnson’s agreement with the EU Violations?
On the way to the Brexit-compromise
Boris Johnson has not understood that most of the British interest as well as his party members for Northern Ireland. The old conflicts and complex political battle lines are no matter. From this he took the freedom to break out of old constraints from the talks with Brussels, according to which the Brexit would have the same rules anywhere in the UK bring. Let them differ, as in the North, the Premier is the don’t care anyway.
With this Coup, Boris Johnson would have ordered the box for the upcoming elections. He creates an agreement with Brussels and the country actually occurs on December 31.October ordered from the EU, you will be for him to Triumph. When the grateful British people, a majority would be safe with him, because not only the Brexiteers will be glad, if you have the nightmare first behind. Meanwhile, he continues the fight with the Parliament, he wants to send it again in a forced break. This Time, however, only so long as the Supreme court permitted a week.
Nothing is cut and dried
The country has the tug-of-war in order to exit from the EU sick of it, and the willingness to compromise is increased. This should also apply to the Parliament. Which member of Parliament would say no at the end to an acceptable agreement that avoids the first of the Brexit-the Chaos and the consequences of reducing it. And, moreover, that the hard part only begins later, when the EU and the UK struggle to a trade agreement that is silent in London. People can believe that, after Brexit, the Golden rainbow rising.
Boris Johnson makes but here is possibly his greatest political weakness, its embarrassing and shameless opportunism, an unexpected strength. Because with a light Hand he throws traditional beliefs about the institutional make-up of the UK on Board. Maybe you need to actually like him: a man without principles, but recognizes that he can only win as a Hero of the Brexit elections. But, nevertheless, one should not rejoice too early, because still nothing is done. And all this can also go short prior to the expiration of the period nor wrong. London has, however, made after a long time, the first possible move that could leave both sides in peace apart.