"Bombardier, the most important employer in the Unionist strongholds of Northern Ireland, is putting pressure on the region’s Democratic Unionist party to drop its objections to Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal as a critical vote in Westminster nears.
The Canadian aircraft manufacturer, which employs almost 4,000 people at four separate Belfast factories, has kept a relatively low public profile over Brexit compared with other UK-based manufacturers.
But the increasing threat of Britain leaving without a deal has prompted Bombardier to warn the DUP, which has fiercely criticised Mrs May’s deal in the past, of the serious consequences on its Northern Ireland operations of a hard exit, according to people familiar with the discussions."
https://www.ft.com/content/e144e72a-3f6b-11e9-9bee-efab61506f44
Poor Theresa made the mistake of trying to appease the fundamentalist anti-EU fanatics.
However, the red lines she took on are impossible to meet. It is impossible for the UK to have a hard border with the EU, and for NI, which is part of the UK, to have an open border with RoI, which is part of the EU. The DUP and ERG know that. They also know that the EU has consistently said it must protect its member RoI's interesrs and avoid a hard border. They also know that Theresa's government repeatedly agreed to the "backstop."
The Brextremists know that there is no solution to Theresa's red lines, which is why the backstop is necesssary. If there was a solution, the backstop wouldn't be needed. There isn't.
Brextremists can promise the impossible. But they can't deliver it. They are now having to face the prospect of delay or BRINO. Which will they choose?
The Canadian aircraft manufacturer, which employs almost 4,000 people at four separate Belfast factories, has kept a relatively low public profile over Brexit compared with other UK-based manufacturers.
But the increasing threat of Britain leaving without a deal has prompted Bombardier to warn the DUP, which has fiercely criticised Mrs May’s deal in the past, of the serious consequences on its Northern Ireland operations of a hard exit, according to people familiar with the discussions."
https://www.ft.com/content/e144e72a-3f6b-11e9-9bee-efab61506f44
Poor Theresa made the mistake of trying to appease the fundamentalist anti-EU fanatics.
However, the red lines she took on are impossible to meet. It is impossible for the UK to have a hard border with the EU, and for NI, which is part of the UK, to have an open border with RoI, which is part of the EU. The DUP and ERG know that. They also know that the EU has consistently said it must protect its member RoI's interesrs and avoid a hard border. They also know that Theresa's government repeatedly agreed to the "backstop."
The Brextremists know that there is no solution to Theresa's red lines, which is why the backstop is necesssary. If there was a solution, the backstop wouldn't be needed. There isn't.
Brextremists can promise the impossible. But they can't deliver it. They are now having to face the prospect of delay or BRINO. Which will they choose?
