We as part of the EU were party to drawing up those standards, we have no reason to lower those standards on safety or health grounds. However you say ministers are "hell bent" on reducing those standards can you show us one speech, article or suggestion from a single government minister that they are even thinking about it, just one will do.
www.independent.co.uk
Whats divergent standards got to do with it. Its only goods into NI so if NI accepts both standards of EU and UK you dont have a problem. If NI produces goods for export to EU then it will have to meet EU standards if exporting to UK then UK standards. Whats not allowed under freeport rules is re export ie EU goods imported to NI then say repackaged for export to UK. In that circumstance goods would have to have trailer sealed in EU and unsealed in England Scotland or Wales at which point it could be repackaged. No different to goods coming in from EU via Calais Dover.
Did you read the article or just the headline. There was absolutely no mention of food, it was about goods and emissions was also mentionedYou're not wrong, that isn't the stated policy of the government and I don't think it will become so. But you'd have to be pretty naïve to not know that is probably their long term goal for some of them... Leader of the House of Commons in 2016:
"Britain could slash environmental and safety standards 'a very long way' after Brexit, Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg says"
Britain could slash environmental and safety standards 'a very long way' after Brexit, Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg says
The MP said standards that were 'good enough for India' could be good enough for the UK
Not sure a little less food coming in from the EU is going to cause riots in the streets of London on the other hand a few less French goods coming across may well cause riots in Paris
The Moggster, how many do you want, him and Gove. Google is your friend.
you do know we IMPORT 45% of our food so i more than a "little less food"
But you do when you start importing from the Rest of the World. Mogg
That’s never going to happen,how would Europe get rid of the shitty beef that they have been sending here for years!
Since when @Danllan did two wrongs make a right?
Re-read what I wrote and have a think about that...
(and mutual exclusivity)No it means you need at least two dedicated ports for handling trade to NI. One in UK and one in ROI. All goods then go through NI clearing port,if goods for NI use then no need for checks as already carried out at dedicated ROI or UK port. If goods for onward trade between EU and UK then frieght enters bonded warehouse section of NI port and if from UK shipped direct to ROI port and vice versa. That way no commercial vehicle border is required between NI and ROI as frieght would go by dedicated sea route and no Irish Sea border. Trade between EU and UK would then need same documents as Dover Calais.
But there should be no need for extra paperwork. The supermarkets dont have this problem sending produce to the IOM so why should NI be any different.
