The Brexit deal on the table is a bad one for the environment. It moves the protections for the environment and workers’ rights out of the divorce agreement (which is a binding treaty, in effect) and into the polital declaration which is non-binding. This is the change to the level playing field that the Johnson hard-Brexit government has negotiated. In effect, they have got some of what they crave from a no-deal Brexit into the deal.
When Dominic Raab keeps saying what a great deal this is for business he is really saying ‘We’ll be able to deregulate much more under this agreement than under Theresa May’s deal so you should like it’.
Have you noticed how whenever workers’ rights and the environment are mentioned, they are mentioned in that order (except a few lines above here) and there is precious little discussion of what those rights or protections actually are?
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Yes. And the fact that most of the ERG are happy with it speaks volumes.
Is that the Environmental Retards Group or European Research Gp or are they of similar membership Bob?
Thanks Paul. Interesting that there is now speculation that the hard-right Brexiters see this deal as the route to a no-deal Brexit on WTO rules in 2020.
Let’s hope the RSPB, the Wildlife Trusts etc are on the case.
They need to be proactive, not reactive.