Day One Of Proroguing

[-SharonA-]

Boris Johnson has made no attempt to go to Brussels.

[jim360]

A more serious thing that Johnson has spent his first day doing is floating a "solution" that just turns out to annoy the DUP.

So... yeah, that's not great.

[naomi24]

The EU say ‘no more negotiating’, and people are complaining that Boris isn’t in Brussels … negotiating. How does that work?

[Zacs-Master]

Not a lot of point with no one to talk to for 5 weeks when he gets back.

[jim360]

The EU have repeatedly said that they'd be open to re-opening the Political Declaration -- and they've also agreed to listen to what Johnson has to say. So there is stuff that can be done, assuming that the UK have any concrete plans to replace the parts of the WA they don't like, and assuming that the government has found a solution that is acceptable to both the EU and Parliament.

Still, I agree that Johnson himself doesn't need to be in Brussels himself. All the negotiation, such as it is, will take place between officials.

[naomi24]

With no one to talk to in Brussels he'd have nothing to say here anyway, so not a lot of point at all.

[cassa333]

Oh good grief someone actually watches Micheal Moore. He is a liberal of the heist order and would be trounced in a debate of facts.

[cassa333]

The political declaration has no standing whatsoever.

The EU won’t even make it a legal part of the withdrawal agreement. So tweeting the political declaration is just a publicity stunt by the EU.

[ToraToraTora]

why would he go to Brussells? Obviously you have no idea how to conduct a negotiation.

[New Judge]

//The EU have repeatedly said that they'd be open to re-opening the Political Declaration//

Very kind of them. All that does is s gets the UK to undertake to effectively comply with all the things that it is leaving in order to avoid. It sets the framework for a trade agreement and will be used to grind the UK into submission. Best avoided altogether.