One of the unkind things which people do
to politicians is drag up comments that they’ve made in the past to contrast them
with what they’re doing or saying today (and sadly – for the politicians at any
rate – it’s something that the internet has made a great deal easier). Theresa May’s remarks, in relation to the
idea of a customs and regulatory border in the Irish Sea that “no UK prime
minster could ever agree to it” can never be expunged from the electronic
record. People have been naughtily
pointing out that Boris Johnson also said, referring to the same thing, that “no
British Conservative government could or should sign up to any such arrangement”.
The implication is that he is somehow now
going back on what he said previously by negotiating precisely that. This is unfair to the PM. His comment only sought to tie the hands of a
‘Conservative’ government, but he removed that government from power in July. Obviously, a Brexit PM cannot be bound by
rules which only apply to Conservative leaders.
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