We'll see.Originally Posted by bigfella
Noticed Verhofstadt this morning has said that the backstop is the insurance of no hard border in NI and insurance needs to be 100%, but of course they do not want to use the backstop.
If we leave without the Withdrawal Agreement, then the insurance policy is void - non-existant.
If we sign the Withdrawal Agreement, then if he is genuine in his claim that the EU doesn't want to use the backstop they can see a way that we can work without using it.
That would be a combination of trusted trader, self declaration, mutual recognition, random and intelligence led checks away from the border.
So why not remove it, in say 3 years, as the Malthouse option now set out? View it as a warranty rather than an insurance.
Surely that would work? If we cannot reach agreement, then it must be better to have a managed move to WTO over a period of years rather than in 8 weeks.
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