Martin says “the Commission took the wrong mechanism in invoking Article 16 and the Protocol to deal with it”.
The former Prime Minister adds that it was “unacceptable” to have undermined the Good Friday Agreement.
Both countries have had difficulties accelerating the speed at which they vaccinate. So what factors have been to blame?
Whether writing, speaking or negotiating, he puts on a performance which the spectators enjoy all the more because it horrifies the guardians of convention.
The UK can and should achieve its ambitious emissions reductions targets. But it will only get there by making the most of all energy sources and technologies.
Look, too, at the track record of EU Member States. In 2020, Germany’s highest court ruled on subordinating EU law to German law. The EU took no action.
Specific governance arrangements can be established in individual areas, and an agreement should sit outside the overarching institutional framework.
The lack of an agreed border with Ireland makes “an Australian-style settlement” more unlikely than would otherwise be the case.
Their words, like Johnson’s visit itself, look more like more gambits in a blame game than a genuine change of heart.
The EU is caught between making more effective decisions and compromising its smaller members’ interests.