Comments by "Drew Hodge" (@drewhodge3820) on "Three months on, what impact has Brexit had on UK-EU trade?" video.

The EU has not ratified the Brexit deal.
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@brunobrauer6301 no the WA is part and parcel of the brexit agreement. Otherwise there is no point to the protocol. The EU already triggered Article 16. So pretending they are interested in Ireland (ROI and NI) is a joke. The WA clearly states trade between GB and NI cannot be hampered with. That is the UK's internal market. To do so risks the GFA. Which will always be more important than anything the EU can say or do.
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@wanderschlosser1857 The GFA is about both sides making an agreement that works and continues to work. The WA does not work for NI. So the GFA trumps the WA. The GFA came first and no new agreement can over ride it or change it. No matter how much spin Brussels tries to put on it.. It was the EU commission that triggered Article 16 in total disregard to the WA protocol and the GFA. So the EU has lost the moral high ground. Nothing Brussels says or does can undo that damage. They can make as many claims as they want in the ECJ kangaroo court. Both the ROI and NI wont stand for that nonsense. Yes it might remain a war of words but unless the EU shows some flexibility NI will void the WA in less than 5 years. Then there are two choices. A digital trade checks system or the ROI will leave the block. What ever happens the EU wont get its end game of removing NI from the UK. I dont see the ROI wanting to leaving the block any time soon, so it will be digital trade checks. Brussels opened a can of worms and while Mrs May was in charge they thought the UK (including NI) would just roll over. They never took into consideration the strength and pride and determination of the people living in the ROI and NI.
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@wanderschlosser1857 Your talking about a hard border that checks the moment of people. A digital border that checks goods in commercial trucks is all that is needed to protect the EU's failed single market. P's there has been border checks on the Irish border for months due to Covid. What is the difference??? The EU is play politics but they started a fight with the Irish. That is a fight the EU cant win with their bonkers rules and regulations. The Irish dont fight with words and silly bits of paper with rules written on them. Its a fight the EU cant win.
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@wanderschlosser1857 This is a typical EU propaganda reply from you. You lost the argument and then you revert to fiction. It's only the EU that is obsessed with their single market. So it's an EU problem that they manufactured and it will be a problem the EU has to resolve. The WA will be null and void in less than 5 years. The EU Commission picked a fight with Ireland which will backfire on the EU. You can talk in circles (its the EU way) The GFA is the only important thing. The GFA came first and it over rides anything the EU says or does. Barnier used the peace process as a weapon against the UK. You can expect gold to rain from the sky. You wont get what you want or expect or demand. The EU triggered Article 16 and instantly lost the moral high ground. Now the UK is free to do what it wants.
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@wanderschlosser1857 The single market and the euro are tools to filter wealth and power to the larger and wealthier countries like France and Germany from the rest of the block. That is not sustainable long term and its coming to an end. Every year more than a Million people move/migrate to the EU but the GDP is shrinking? That means less money shared between more people (even before you consider natural population growth). The EU's combined Net exports were only 33 Billion a year before Brexit and Covid. To put that into perspective the UK spends 43 Billion a year on German built cars. Germany imports almost 1 Billion of cheap Chinese goods every single day of the year, which is distributed across the EU. That has destroyed every industry across the EU. The single market is not sustainable. Yes its good for German profits but not for everyone else. The single market Bubble is about to burst. Russia and China see blood in the water. The only question is which country will leave the EU next? Brussels made a power grab over the EU27 with their 700 Billion recovery fund and the German high court has blocked that for now at least. Lets not forget the UK has zero fee access to the single market. Yes there is now more paper work involved. EU countries are already looking to do direct trade deals with the UK.
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@wanderschlosser1857 You see once you start making up fiction, you lost my interest and lost my respect. As soon as you attempt to pass of fake info as fact. You lose your argument. Im all for people having different view points and ideals. Now you have wasted my time and yours. This is why a lot of people voted to leave the EU in 2016 because they were sick and tired of listening to lies from the Remain side. Which is why you lost the Brexit Referendum. Next you will revert back to insults. Dont waste your time thinking you will hurt my feeling.
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@plebius That wasn't what i said. I clearly stated trade between NI & GB cannot be hindered under the terms of the WA. There have been border checks in the ROI for months due to Covid. The moment the EU made the announcement they triggered Article 16 because they didn't follow the protocol. The EU did a U-turn after all parties involved put the EU in their place. You clearly understand what happened by the tone of your argument. The UK has only paused the implementation until the problems are ironed out. This a perfectly routine action that takes place all the time with trade deals. Yes the EU loves to push their propaganda and we all know they love to make a sing and dance about their proposed legal action that takes years to start. The EU Commission have an average of 200 cases at any given time against its own EU member countries. A legal case with the complexities of the WA would take more than a decade. Just over 4 years time Northern Ireland has the right to vote for or against the WA. So the EU's threats of legal action is pointless noise. The bias BBC dont make me laugh. Who even watches the BBC? Let alone believes anything the BBC says.
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@plebius The checks take place on the border. So they are border checks. They have been carried out constantly for many months and trying to defect that fact means your trying to mislead people. As soon as you try to push half truths as facts, you have lost your argument. Saying checks are taking place in other areas as well doesn't change there is border checks taking place on the Irish border on the side of the ROI. All under the banner of Covid checks but they are checking people ID. In effect its a hard border.
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@alfredttarski4521 LOL where have you been living over the past few weeks? It certainly isn't Earth if you believe your own comment. LOL Brussels Triggered Article 16.
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@alfredttarski4521 If that was the case (its not) Why did Sinn Fein issue a statement against the EU's triggering of Article 16 ???
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@wanderschlosser1857 So you agree the GFA set legal precedent and the WA cannot over ride any part of the GFA. So if the EU tries to use their interpretation of the WA to over ride any part of the GFA, the EU's argument attempting to use the WA is null and void.
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