Sunak's gamble
The News Agents
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4.1 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
For Northern Ireland Protocol, now read Windsor Framework.
A beaming Rishi Sunak and European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, have signed what MIGHT come to be seen as an historic agreement to solve the conundrum of the status of Northern Ireland post-Brexit.
Might, because we don't know how the loyalist, unionist DUP will react, nor the Eurosceptic wing of the Conservative Party, the ERG, potentially led by mischief-maker-in-chief, Boris Johnson. What Sunak has negotiated is a victory for pragmatic policy-making. But the raw politics still looks precarious.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:08.0 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:11.4 | This afternoon, I welcomed President von der Leyen to Windsor to continue our discussions about the Northern Ireland Protocol. |
| 0:19.6 | I'm pleased to report that we have now made a decisive |
| 0:23.6 | breakthrough. Together, we have changed the original protocol and are today announcing the new |
| 0:31.6 | Windsor Framework. Today's agreement delivers smooth-flowing trade within the whole United Kingdom, |
| 0:39.3 | protects Northern Ireland's place in our Union, and safeguards sovereignty for the people of Northern Ireland. |
| 0:46.3 | The new Windsor Framework is here to benefit people in Northern Ireland |
| 0:52.3 | and support all communities celebrating peace on the island of Ireland. |
| 0:57.7 | And this is why I believe we can now open a new chapter in our partnership. |
| 1:04.0 | A stronger EU-UK relationship standing as close partners shoulder to shoulder now and in the future. |
| 1:13.6 | That was the British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak and the European Commission President |
| 1:18.0 | Ursula von der Leyen, announcing the Windsor Framework. Forget Northern Ireland |
| 1:24.8 | Protocol. Windsor Framework is the phrase that we now have to get used to, |
| 1:30.0 | because these two people have signed, and I think it is fair to use the word historic, |
| 1:35.6 | historic deal, which puts in place the final piece of the jigsaw on Brexit. |
| 1:43.1 | No longer get Brexit done, but today might mark the moment |
| 1:47.8 | where we say, has Brexit finally got done? Welcome to the newsagents. The news agents. |
| 2:00.0 | It's John and it's Lewis |
| 2:01.7 | And we have quite literally |
| 2:03.8 | As we're recording this |
| 2:04.7 | Just watched |
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