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Ireland's Varadkar says 'kamikaze' British threat to break law has backfired
Reuters reports that Ireland’s deputy prime minister Leo Varadkar said that a “kamikaze” threat by a British minister to break international law in the implementation of its EU divorce treaty has backfired, but a trade deal is still possible.
The British government’s Northern Ireland minister Brandon Lewis on Tuesday said Britain could break international law - in a “limited way” in legislation related to the implementation of its Withdrawal Agreement divorce treaty signed with the EU in January.
“These were really extraordinary comments, and certainly set off alarm bells in Dublin. I think they have backfired,” Varadkar told RTE radio.
“Certainly, the strategy and behaviour of the British government was one of brinkmanship, was one of threatening to crash out, you know, if you don’t, if we don’t get to an agreement we might go kamikaze on you, that sort of thing,” Varadkar said.
“The most benign assessment I can give you is that this is brinkmanship that this is sabre rattling,” he said.
Varadkar said there could not be a free trade agreement with the EU in “circumstances where the UK government is not honouring the withdrawal agreement”, but said he thought Britain ultimately wanted a compromise.
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