I find it astonishing that the government should seek to renege on the EU Withdrawal Agreement and that any British Citizen would agree with this course of action. The Withdrawal Agreement was ratified by the UK parliament under full knowledge of its clauses and its implications. Repudiating the agreement will damage the peace process in Northern Ireland which is not fully established yet. It will also damage relations between the UK government and the devolved governments in Wales and Scotland and will exacerbate the desire of Scots to leave the UK.
It will damage international relations: the leader of the Democrats in the US congress has said that congress will not ratify a US trade agreement with the UK if the peace in Northern Ireland is jeopardised by the UK not fulfilling their obligations. Also, and perhaps above all, no state will trust the UK again in their international dealings.
Quite possibly, the EU will refuse to ratify a trade agreement with the UK, when the UK repudiates large sections of the Withdrawal Agreement - they could even impose sanctions UK citizens have voted for this state of affairs they may come to regret this folly.
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