Sovereignty : Sunak is about to submit to the EU again – here’s why you should care

The EU contains its Brussels ‘Empire Control’, 27 countries, and 1 colony – Northern Ireland

Montage © Facts4EU.Org 2023

Pre-Brexit, the United Kingdom contained four nations – now it only has three

It is unconscionable (or should be) that in the 2020’s a foreign empire could take one of four parts of the United Kingdom as a colony - yet that is precisely what it has done.

In the next two weeks it is Brexit Facts4EU’s considered view based on multiple sources that Rishi Sunak’s Government will announce another sell-out to the EU. Specifically, he – or one of his Ministers - will announce the outcome of the negotiations with the European Union Commission over the vexed question of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Our report today is about the fundamental issue of sovereignty, on which all other arguments rest. The content below is not simply about Northern Ireland and it could fatally damage the Prime Minister’s political fortunes.

In preparation for this major news story, Brexit Facts4EU.Org is providing readers with some context against which to judge the Government’s announcement when it comes. We look at the fundamental principles as well as the position of the DUP (Democratic Unionist Party).

Brexit Facts4EU.Org Summary

The facts - The EU Empire’s colony that is Northern Ireland

EU laws - present and future - prevail in Northern Ireland
The arbiter for these laws is the ECJ - a foreign court
The UK citizens in N.I. have no say and no vote over these laws
The Belfast (Good Friday) Peace Agreement has been overridden (according to the Supreme Court last week)
The 1800 Act of Union has been overridden (according to the Belfast High Court)
A border has been created in the Irish Sea
Trade has been disrupted
The goods available for Northern Irish consumers in supermarkets has been reduced
There has been considerable supply chain disruption
Businesses are confused surrounding EU taxes imposed

Most importantly, millions of UK citizens are subject to the laws and governance of a foreign power – with no representation.

What are the “7 Tests” which the DUP will apply to Rishi’s deal?

As long ago as 15 July 2021, DUP Leader the Rt Hon Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP stood up in the House of Commons during the debate led by Sir Bernard Jenkin MP on the Northern Ireland Protocol. He set out the DUP’s “7 tests” which any resolution of this EU-created problem would have to satisfy.

One year and seven months later and it seems extraordinary that once again the Government has failed to resolve an urgent matter in relation to Brexit. In the world of business it is highly likely that this would all have been concluded within four to six weeks.

For readers who like to read more detail…

Facts4EU has collated the main points made by Sir Bernard Jenkin MP and by Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP in the Commons debate in July 2021.

To read these please click here.

Why is the DUP’s approach less strident than ours?

The DUP’s main audience – especially with elections coming up in May – is quite naturally the people of Northern Ireland. This article should therefore be read in this context. Facts4EU’s and CIBUK’s audiences are more focused on the United Kingdom as a whole (including Northern Ireland) as well as to some extent including international readers.

When it comes to the EU’s Northern Ireland Protocol, the DUP, Facts4EU, and CIBUK and its other Affiliates all agree on one thing: The Protocol must go. Our messages may be nuanced in different ways but the end goal is the same. Sovereignty is all.

The absurdity and overt hostility of the EU

Regular readers will know that since its introduction Brexit Facts4EU has only ever advocated resiling from the N.I. Protocol completely.

It has caused major problems in the Province. And all of this over an infinitesimally small (for the EU) amount of goods trade from Northern Ireland which supposedly “threatens the integrity of the Single Market”.

Observations

The Protocol was only ever an EU and Republic of Ireland device to split the United Kingdom, unify Ireland, and punish the British people for daring to vote to leave its empire.

If the Prime Minister announces a sell-out deal with the EU next week – as we predict – then this will be one more thoroughly shameful step in the decline of our governing Establishment. And it will be completely unacceptable.

Facts4EU.Org is now leading the charge to warn off the PM before it’s too late for the people of Northern Ireland, too late for peace, and too late to defend the fundamental principles of sovereignty and freedom. Will you support us?

We must get reports like this out there

Reports like the one above take far longer to research, write and produce than many people realise. If they were easy, readers would see other organisations also producing these daily. However, there’s little point in the Facts4EU.Org team working long hours, seven days-a-week, if we lack the resources to promote them effectively – to the public, to MPs, and to the media. This is where you come in, dear reader.

Facts4EU.Org needs you today

We are a 'not for profit' team (we make a loss) and any payment goes towards the actual work, not plush London offices, lunch or taxi expenses, or other luxuries of some organisations.

We badly need more of our thousands of readers to become members, to support this work. Could this be you, today? It's quick and easy, we give you a choice of two highly secure payment providers, and we do NOT ask you for further support if you pay once. We just hope you keep supporting us. Your membership stays anonymous unless you tell us otherwise.

Please don't assume that other people will keep us going - we don't receive enough to survive and we need your help today. Could you help us? We rely 100% on public contributions from readers like you.

If you believe in a fully-free, independent, and sovereign United Kingdom, please join now by clicking on one of the links below or you can use our Support page here. You will receive a personal, friendly ‘thank you’ from a member of our team within 24 hours. Thank you.

[ Sources: DUP | Hansard ] Politicians and journalists can contact us for details, as ever.

Brexit Facts4EU.Org, Wed 15 Feb 2023

Click here to go to our news headlines

Please scroll down to COMMENT on the above article.
And don't forget to actually post your message after you have previewed it!

Something to say about this? Scroll down for reader comments

Since before the EU Referendum, Brexit Facts4EU.Org
has been the most prolific researcher and publisher of Brexit facts in the world.

Supported by MPs, MEPs, & other groups, our work has impact.

We think facts matter. Please donate today, so that we can continue to ensure a clean Brexit is finally delivered.

Any credit card user

Quick One-off

From £5 - £1,000

Monthly

From £3 per month

Paypal Users Only - Choose amount first

Quick One-off

Monthly

PLEASE NOTE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT : You can write your comment under any existing comments below. After you have clicked to preview your comment, you MUST then click on the CAPTCHA system and send you comment, for it to be published. Thank you!

Reader Comments 17

1. Sparky , Wednesday, February 15, 2023, 07:48:

This is the cause of Brexit itself not the hostility of the EU. Johnson (slang version) agreed to the NI P but his comments afterwards clearly showed he didn't understand what he had signed and he rushed the deal through without allowing the scrutiny it deserved. Thanks to the terrible Corbin and the help of UKIP Johnson had a significant majority and could have got anything through Parliament, if the EU was hostile it was BJ and the Brexit Gov that capitulated very easily just to get the headlines and fit his slogan "Get Brexit Done". BJ was all slogans and no strategy. The answer from Brexitears will be Remainer MP's but No, BJ would have used the whip as he did when it came to protecting Owen Patterson.
NI was hardly mentioned during the Brexit campaign, the idiots in the DUP supported Brexit. The triangle of UK, EU and NI peace was only made possible by the circle of the single market. Solving this will be greater alignment with the EU without any say in direction, well done Brexit. The Cons will do what is necessary to keep NI as part of the UK, they won't want to be responsible for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland becoming The Kingdom of Great Britain.

2. Gazzablack , Wednesday, February 15, 2023, 08:13:

Congratulations Sparky (slang version), I hear your in line to win the Pullitzer prize for fiction!.?
But he careful Sparky (slang version) your alter ego of Buster (slang version) was in danger of coming through in your post (slang version)

3. Have You Wondered , Wednesday, February 15, 2023, 08:33:

.
Sparky
.
You didn't get around to answering my question I asked you yesterday.
.
Quibble over economics as much as you wish. Have a read of the European papers and you will see that Europe is close on our heels on pretty well all subjects.
.
The real question - the fundamental question:
.
Why does the UK (or any other nation) need another level of corruption, ineptitude and malfeasance above that which the UK has already?
.
How will having another overseeing corrupt regime ultimately benefit the UK electorate?
.

4. Sparky , Wednesday, February 15, 2023, 09:34:

3 HYW. With respect to Facts4EU request to stay on subject of the days post see comments on 14.2.23 post.

5. Have You Wondered , Wednesday, February 15, 2023, 10:19:

Sparky
.
What a pity you did not answer yesterday when it would have encompassed the days topic.
.
No problem - I'll save it for another time.
.

6. Ashley Great Britain , Wednesday, February 15, 2023, 11:52:

The Uk Government are constantly demonstrating a shocking lack of strength when it comes to our sovereignty and the betterment of the UK.
The only thing we are left to see is corruption, complicity, greed and weakness.
It rocks me to my core to see how much our country has been sold out to the EU empire.
Our officials and elite's are working for the EU first and foremost.

7. jon livesey , Wednesday, February 15, 2023, 15:48:

1. Sparky , "This is the cause of Brexit itself not the hostility of the EU." Untrue. It was the EU that insisted on negotiating the NIP before they would even start to talk about Withdrawal. The NIP is an EU requirement from beginning to end.

8. jon livesey , Wednesday, February 15, 2023, 16:06:

Where should we look for export growth? Air India just signed up for 250 A350 jets. The wings will be designed in Filton, and assembled in Broughton, which is expected to bring an additional 450 manufacturing jobs and more than £100m of investment to Wales. The large A350 aircraft are exclusively powered by Rolls-Royce XWB engines, That's 250 wing sets and 500 engines, plus spares.
What will you bet that Remainers will try to claim this is an export to the EU?

9. Sparky , Wednesday, February 15, 2023, 16:31:

7. JL The NI Protocol is part of the WA. Article 50 set out the procedure, a country that decides to leave notifies the European Council and then negotiations begin, and negotiations will conclude within 2 years. The EU negotiators had the upper hand from day one, we had given notice to leave and the clock was ticking, the UK team were unprepared, largely because they didn't know what they were trying to achieve.
The Brexit campaign significantly underestimated the challenge and sold it as easy. BJ rushed to "Get Brexit Done" for his headlines. BJ didn't understand the NIP when he signed it, on 8.12.19 BJ said "There will be no checks on goods going from GB to NI, or NI to GB"
The UK decided to leave the EU (based on lies etc etc), and Brexitears blame the EU for not giving them what they wanted by saying the EU was hostile. This is Brexitears stamping their feet in a tantrum again.

10. Sparky , Wednesday, February 15, 2023, 16:43:

8 JL. That is excellent news for both Airbus and RR. I have had the privilege of a tour around the Broughton factory, it is very impressive, seeing wings being loaded into another aircraft is amazing, Filton and Broughton lead the world in wing technology.
Not wishing to pour cold water on the story but Airbus is largely French, German, Spanish owned, this would still have happened if UK was in EU, this is not a Brexit win or benefit.

17 comments, page 1 of 2

Add comment:

Please note: Your email address is never published unless you choose to enter it.