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United Kingdom nationals travelling to Europe have been recently warned that sometime next year, they will start facing long queues at the borders due to the biometric checks that the European Union intends to impose soon.

The European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS) and the Entry-Exit System (EES) are set to become effective in mid-2022. The first is a document that third country citizens under the EU visa-free regime, including here UK nationals, will have to obtain before travelling to the Schengen Area.

The second, on the other hand, is an automated IT system for registering travellers from third countries, both short-stay visa holders and visa-exempt travellers, each time they cross an EU external border.

UK transport bosses fear that Brits will face longer waiting times, in particular, when using the ferry ports and the Channel Tunnel.

During a meeting of the UK Lords Committee on Tuesday, November 2, during which the Justice and Home Affairs Committee debated on the two new EU border management systems, the ETIAS and the EES, the head of EU exit for the Dover Harbour Board Tim Reardon said that not only the waiting lines would be longer, but travellers would also have to step out of the vehicles in order to complete the controls.

There is no way of doing a biometric control without getting everyone out of the vehicle Thats the one thing on our site which cannot happen because youre in the middle of live traffic It would be equivalent to asking people to get out of their car at a motorway toll booth. Its fundamentally unsafe, and it cant happen, Reardon said during the debate.

There is no such thing as an e-gate for a car, and there is no such thing as an e-gate process for people travelling as a group theyre all one-at-a-time processes, Reardon added.

The strategy director and company secretary for Eurostar, Gareth Williams, was also present at the meeting. According to him, August could, in particular, become a worrisome period, as thats when the highest number of Brits travel to France.

If we take the peak of August, which is where we have the most number of likely first-time travellers on peak trains its up to 80 per cent of people who will have to go through the system, Williams said, trying to point out the gravity of the issue.

The EES system is set to become operational in the first half of 2022. However, SchengenVisaInfo.com has recently reported that the system may be delayed further in the second half of the year, which means that the functionalisation of the ETIAS will also be delayed.

Yet, the eu-LISA, which is the EU Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT, has already started recruiting the staff to work at the systems and has also opened ETIAS registration procedures for air carriers, sea carriers, and international carriers transporting groups overland by coach.

The registration enables carriers to receive all information necessary for the preparation of their respective systems and business processes in order to consult the EU IT systems managed by eu-LISA, as the latter is regulated in the EES and ETIAS legislation, the Agency had announced while opening the registration procedures.

Once both systems start operating, about 1.4 billion travellers, citizens of over 60 world countries, who can travel visa-free to the 26 Schengen Area countries in Europe, will have to apply for a travel authorisation before reaching the territory of any of these countries.

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The Executive Vice-President at the European Commission could not contain his laughter when asked if the bloc is "missing" the UK during a COP26 panel. Philippa Nuttall from the New Stateman asked: "Laurence Tubiana said this morning the EU is not doing enough at COP and she doesn't understand why. Are there differences between EU member states that are causing this lack of ambition or are you missing the UK being part of the EU delegation?"

Mr Timmermans was left in stitches at the question, throwing his head back as he laughed before regaining his composure.

The European Commissioner said: "Well, Laurence Tubiana sings the same song at every Cop so I'm not surprised she says this.

"Secondly, she says she doesn't see it but there are many things in life that perhaps you don't see that are still happening.

"I am very proud of my team of negotiators who are negotiating on every single subject right now.

"I'm really very proud of all the ministers here, very actively trying to find solutions to all the problems.

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"The European Union, its member states, its Parliament - everyone is very active here to try and bridge difference and find solutions."

It comes as more than 230,000 applications have been made to the EU Settlement Scheme after the deadline passed, new figures suggest.

EU citizens and their families were asked to apply by June 30 in order to carry on living and working in the UK, after freedom of movement ended following the Brexit transition period.

According to provisional Home Office figures, 236,840 applications were received after the deadline and up to the end of October.

Since the scheme launched in March 2019, more than six million applications (6,287,700) have been submitted.

More than three million of those (3,068,700) were granted settled status, allowing them permanent leave to remain.

A further 2.4 million (2,460,900) have been permitted pre-settled status, meaning they need to reapply after living in the country for five years to gain permanent residence.

The Home Office said 8% of the applications were from "repeat applicants" (472,220) - suggesting an estimated 5.5 million people had applied to the scheme before the deadline.

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Some 180,500 applications were refused, 103,900 were withdrawn or void, and 94,000 were deemed invalid - where the Home Office decides someone is not eligible to apply or has failed to provide sufficient proof of residence.

The applications received after June 30 will include a mix of late submissions, those from family members, and requests to move from pre-settled to settled status, the Government department said.

It is not known how many people in the UK are eligible for the scheme but could remain in the country undocumented.

Anyone who is yet to apply effectively lost their lawful immigration status after the deadline. This could prevent them getting a new job or moving house until their status is confirmed.

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EU Commissioner bursts out laughing when asked 'Do you miss UK in the bloc?' - Daily Express

It's been over 24 + years since the first 'Left Behind' Book was first published and the U.S.A just recently exited it's longest ( 20 Year ) War in Afghanistan and Yet; the 'End is Not Yet' !!!

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"Thee GOD of Daniel is as 'REAL' as ever and HE 'Still' reigns over 'NOT' only 'ALL' the nations on Earth 'BUT' HE is also thee Eternal and Omnipresent GOD ALMIGHTY who rules over : 1,000,000, 000+ other Galaxies and over : 1,000,000,000,0000,000+ other planets and other Solar Systems and this unworthy and very imperfect human soul has the permission of the Holy Spirit to state this 'Eternal Reality / Fact' and if you are one who is teaching that we are GOD's only 'Living Biological / Spiritual Creation' in this Universe ( Reminder : The Holy Bible 'NEVER' Confirms nor Reveals to us that we are GOD's only creation in this Universe*) and you have never traveled outside of this planet and much less travelled to other Galaxies then you tell me who is 'Falsely Teaching' for GOD has been creating long before 6,000+ human earth years ago; in the other Heavens, where TIME is 'NOT' measured by our 365 days around our star !!! This unworthy servant of Christ Jesus does 'NOT' state this FACT to stir any Theological controversy 'BUT' to remind everyone how : Big, Eternal and Powerful our FATHER ( YHWH = Jesus Christ ) and CREATOR IS !!! ( Somecorrupt human brainsin this planet still do not fully grasp / comprehend the Immense power of GOD; if HE is able to sustain this entire Universe; you better believe that HE is able to protect and provide for all those who call upon HIS Holy Name !!! )

"As this very imperfect vessel of the 'Holy Spirit' tries his best to 'INTERPRET' our present 'Spiritual GPS Position' within the endtime Prophecies that concern this PLANET; this fellow servant of Jesus Christ is also trying his best to 'UNDERSTAND' our position within an 'Ongoing Eternity' that without question 'PRECEDES' the creation of Adam and Eve some 6 thousand earth years ago, for Genesis 1 is the beginning of TIME for us down here on planet Earth. It is without question that numerous other different 'Creations' have preceded us in 'ETERNITY.' The Astronomical evidence clearly indicates that GOD has allowed the destruction of entire Galaxies in the past and whatever 'Creations' were within those other : Solar Systems, Planets and other Celestial objects. Astronomers with the aid of the Hubble Telescope have captured the images of Galaxies colliding with others; when the writer of Genesis wrote down that GOD created the stars in Genesis 1 : 16, mankind could 'NOT' yet visibly have seen the other Galaxies ( and their light*) and this unworthy servant of YHWH will boldly declare the 'OBVIOUS' just as GOD created and engineered trees to bear fruit / seed after their own kind; it should be 'Common Sense' that YHWH created Galaxies to be the epicenters of numerous different creations that house billions+ of different : Planets, Solar Systems and other things that 'NO' human being is worthy of knowing 'YET.' "NO" we are definitely 'NOT' alone in this Universe, i am 'NOT' one to state that i have GOD 'All Figured Out' the TRUTH is that 'NOT' even the Angels in the Heavens have been revealed 'ALL' of GOD's 'Eternal Mysteries / Secrets.' In the meantime what concerns this human being in this 'Fallen Planet' is that we are all seriously running out of Earth TIME !!!"

- Mario Romano, student of Theology ***

Those who eye witnessed the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic explosions in 1945 were most likely convinced that the end was near, as well as those millions of souls who first hand witnessed the NAZI German Soldiers sweeping and conquering most of Europe during World War II and especially our Jewish friends who suffered greatly during the Holocaust ( 1941-1945 ) as they witnessed 'first hand' most of their European Jewish brothers and sisters being killed by Hitler's minions 'BUT' despite the massive losses of human lives in those three modern historical events; the end was 'NOT' fullythen ( eschatologically speaking*) nor is it 'YET' on this September of 2021, for we know that there is still yet at a 'Minimum' a 8+ year window of time ( Daniel's 70th Week*) and an undisclosed gap of time 'NOT' specifically revealed to us in the Biblical Prophecies before the final 2nd Coming of our LORD : Jesus Christ can take place !!! The destiny of this planet along with 'ALL' the 190+ nations of Earth has ALREADY been 'PRE-DETERMINED' by GOD ALONE, it's 'ALL' going to be concluded as the Book of Revelation has 'Revealed' it to us all and 'NO' : King, Empire , Pagan Religion, Global Corporation, Criminal Group, Illuminati group of clowns and not even Satan himself can THWART GOD's sovereign plans that were 'ALREADY' finalized even before the very foundation of this world !!!

This student of Bible Prophecy has significantly 'Spiritually Matured' since he first became a serious student of Bible Prophecy ( The WORD of GOD ) some 20+ years ago. I have learned to be QUIET when i believe that GOD has long ago DECREED the end of a : King, Empire or that of a human life down here on Earth. When the first 'Left Behind' book was published it seemed to me at least back then that everyone was reading it and i said to myself 'How can our World leaders Ignore the Biblical Prophecies ?' What amazes me is that GOD has taken some of the most well known Bible Prophecy Teachers like : Bro. Tim LaHaye, Dave Hunt , Chuck Missler and several others who have since left us to be with the LORD and this tells us that GOD can use / raise 'ANYONE' to teach HIS WORD "NOT" one of us is indispensable, it is my humble prayer that i too will be a 'Faithful' expositor of HIS WORD in and to this final GENERATION!!!

This fellow servant of GOD is greatly humbled and grateful that he has been allowed to TEACH 'Bible Prophecy' to many human souls in all if these 20+ years that we have been ONLINE. I personally do 'NOT' enjoy having to teach about the United States in Bible Prophecy 'BUT' those who understand what we are about know that the Biblical Prophecies absolutely GUARANTEE'S the rise of a final endtimes Kingdom led by 10 King's and we here at EUinProphecy understand that such an endtimes BEAST will 'NOT' be led nor dominated by the : White House, the Pentagon nor the $$$ U.S. Federal Reserve; nor any American Global Corporation; thus it will 'NOT' be American in any way shape or form !!!

"This fellow servant of Christ Jesus is trying his best to correctly 'INTERPRET' the Prophecies found in the Book of Daniel and in Revelation that specifically focuses on the final BEAST with 10 Horns. We are trying our best to 'NOT' take any : Biblical Text / Passage out of context and we are also trying our best 'NOT' to be biased in any way interpreting the rise of the final Beast and the inferred decline of these United States of America."

This 'Bible Prophecy Watchman' does 'NOT' seeks to be the most 'Popular' Prophecy figure on YouTube, in fact that's why we are trying to avoid YouTube thus far, we want to demonstrate that we are 'NOT' in this to gain any 'Popularity' at the cost of 'Wrongly Prophesying / Interpreting the Biblical Prophecies' as too MANY are presently doing especially in YouTube with the 'CATCHY' phrase of 'GOD Told Me This About....' when in fact 'MOST' who have uttered that phrase / words; have been proven on several occasions to be FALSELY MISLEADING the 'Body of Christ' and are giving true Bible Prophecy a 'Bad Name' altogether when their 'Fleshly Predictions / Hunches' do 'NOT' come to pass !!!

Like we stated in our previous 'ARTICLE' there is more than enough blame to go around about America's numerous military / political shortcomings in it's 20 year War in Afghanistan. A recent interview with several RETIRED U.S. General's highlighted all the different : strategic errors, mistakes and political shenanighans emanated from our 'Civilian Leaders'( 4 different Presidential Administrations*) that did 'NOT' allow the U.S. Military to pursue an all out victory in Afghanistan and that 'Tied the Hands' of the American Military on several occasions in Afghanistan. It is the 'Personal Opinion' of this student of Bible Prophecy that the U.S. did accomplish it's chief goal in Afghanistan and that was capturing Osama Bin Laden ( across the border in neighboring Pakistan*) as well as 'DISRUPTING' that particular hotbed region of Islamic Terrorism at least for 20 years and far away from American Cities.

Before the British Empire greatly : folded, imploded and shrank; GOD used the British Military to prepare the Middle East and especially Israel for it's REBIRTH in 1948 via the Battle of Jerusalem in 1917 ( World War I ) For it where British soldiers under the command of General Allenby whoDEFEATED the Ottoman Empire Turks who controlled the region and 'PREPARED' the WAY for Israel's rebirth in 1948 !!! This student of Bible Prophecy believes that just as GOD sovereignly used 'Great Britain' to prepare the WAY for a 'MAJOR PROPHECY' to happen, GOD is also using the United States in a somewhat similar way with Israel and that is 'Preparing the Region' for yet another major prophecy to happen in the not too distant future even as the U.S. is destined to decline !!!

In conclusion, it is very clear that GOD is 'NOT' yet finished dealing with our Jewish friends and with the nation of Israel. Like we have been stating for years; GOD's judgement upon HIS rebellious chosen people has unfortunately 'NOT' ended and it is important to UNDERSTAND that GOD's promises and judgement of HIS 'Original Chosen People' began long before the United States even became a nation in 1776 and will continue into the future even as the United States greatly declines in the future. America is 'NOT' supposed to be Israel's salvation; GOD alone is thee ONE who is going to SAVE 'One-Third' of Israel in the Tribulation Period.

In sum, twenty years ago i personally believed that the events of September 11 would greatly accelerate the endtimes 'BUT' having witnessed 20 years of human history go by so quickly !!! Tells me that i have to be extra careful in trying to 'Set a Date' because i really never ever expected the U.S. to be involved in a longer War than the 10 Years Long Vietnam War and yet we did almost twice as long in Afghanistan !!! Too many other 'Watchmen / Watchwomen' are 'Disqualifying' themselves from being 'Faithful Witnesses' of GOD's WORD by trying to 'Jump The Gun' and they end up 'Misleading The Body of Christ' and giving Non-Believers and Atheists reason to ignore GOD's WORD.

((( UPDATE : We are behind in uploading several ARTICLES including : Eternity Future : GOD's Spiral Creations and the 'Abomination of Desolation.' This human vessel is all WORN OUT ( from several other personal obligations that i have*) i never expected to publish this many articles this past year concerning former President Trump and the Decline of the USA. Please continue PRAYING for this servant of GOD and this Ministry, my Prayer is to be a 'Faithful Servant' until the end ***)))

By : Mario Romano, an unworthy servant of Jesus Christ. This servant of Christ does 'NOT' specializes in Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) nor in Biochemistry nor in Electrical Engineering ( You get the picture ? ) We here at EUinProphecy 'SPECIALIZE' in trying to correctly 'Decipher / Interpret' the symbology found in the Book of Daniel and Revelation and specifically in trying to identify 'Who and What' is Daniel's 4th Beast and it's Little Horn and although through the years i have studied / read several articles on : AI, Electrical Engineering , Macro-Economics etc, our 'CHIEF GOAL' here is to correctly 'Interpret' Daniel's endtime Unsealed Prophecies for this 'Final Generation' and we give GOD all the 'Honor and Glory' for the ability and gift that HE has given us to do it 'Correctly' and with Wisdom !!!

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European Union in Bible Prophecy

LONDON Britain set itself on course for a new confrontation with the European Union on Tuesday by demanding the replacement of one of the most complex and vexing components of Brexit: the status of Northern Ireland.

In a speech to diplomats in Lisbon, David Frost, the Conservative governments Brexit minister, asked for an overhaul of an agreement on post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom but shares a politically sensitive land border with Ireland, a European Union country.

The move is a serious escalation in a simmering dispute over how Northern Ireland fits into the British withdrawal from the European Union. Mr. Frosts proposed new text for the trade rules, called the Northern Ireland protocol, discards some elements that Prime Minister Boris Johnson agreed to less than two years ago and contains ideas the European Union has already rejected.

We now face a very serious situation the protocol is not working, Mr. Frost said, arguing that instead of protecting a fragile peace process in Northern Ireland, the agreement was doing the opposite.

The protocol represents a moment of E.U. overreach, when the U.K.s negotiating hand was tied, and therefore cannot reasonably last in its current form, Mr. Frost said, adding that it had been drawn up in extreme haste and that for the Europeans to reject the idea of changing it would be a historic misjudgment.

His speech served as something of a pre-emptive strike, coming just one day before the European Commission, the blocs executive body, is scheduled to present its own plans to resolve the difficulties it acknowledges have arisen with trade mainly between Britain and Northern Ireland.

Though soft-spoken and personable, Mr. Frost is a hard-liner whose aggressive negotiating style has been welcomed by Brexit supporters who believed that Mr. Johnsons predecessor, Theresa May, was pushed around by Brussels. So, few were surprised that his speech raised the temperature on an inflammatory issue.

But significantly, Mr. Frost also called for a change to the role of Europes top court in adjudicating disputes an abstract but politically sensitive issue over which the European Union is highly unlikely to concede.

That has prompted speculation that the demand is a bargaining chip to be traded for other concessions. An alternative theory is that it is designed to provoke a full-scale crisis that could lead to Mr. Johnson suspending part of the protocol, blaming the European Union and stoking pro-Brexit sentiment at home.

That would likely prompt retaliation from the European Union and possibly a trade war with the 27-nation bloc that Britain officially left in January 2020.

Designed to avoid resurrecting a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, the protocol has led to checks on goods flowing from Britain to Northern Ireland.

That is to protect the integrity of the European Unions giant single market of which Ireland is a part. But it has infuriated unionists in Northern Ireland who see their place within the United Kingdom as central to their identity and who resent checks on goods flowing from mainland Britain, which is part of the same country.

Mr. Johnson has the ability to suspend parts of the protocol under Article 16 of the Brexit agreement, but he is considered unlikely to do so before the climate summit, COP26, Britain is hosting in Glasgow from Oct. 31 through Nov. 12.

Discarding some of the protocol could also exacerbate tensions between Mr. Johnson and President Biden. The American president is proud of his Irish heritage and has made clear his commitment to the peace process in Northern Ireland that culminated in the Good Friday Agreement, struck in 1998 after decades of bloody conflict known as The Troubles.

Though some analysts believe Mr. Johnson wants to walk away from the protocol to please Brexit hard-liners at home, others see Tuesdays speech by Mr. Frost more as a tactical intervention designed to minimize the influence of Brussels over any part of Britain, and maximize British sovereignty.

Frost who is a convinced Brexiteer sees this attempt to renegotiate or adjust the protocol as the final means to weaken the ties that remain between the U.K. and the E.U., said Katy Hayward, a professor of political sociology at Queens University, Belfast.

Britain, she added, seemed to be trying to wrangle the last bits of sovereignty from the E.U.

Tuesdays speech follows months of tension over impediments to trade between Britain and Northern Ireland, including the flow of some goods like chilled meats, a rift that became known as the sausage wars. In recent days that gave way to open sniping during which the Irish foreign minister, Simon Coveney, questioned whether Britain actually wanted an agreement, and Mr. Frost accused his European counterparts of refusing to listen.

Britain argues that the protocol is being implemented in an unnecessarily heavy handed way, while European officials accuse Mr. Johnson of breaking an agreement he made himself.

Answering questions after his address on Tuesday, Mr. Frost said that when Britain agreed to the protocol, it knew it was taking a risk. We hoped that we were wrong and that the protocol would work, he said. It turned out we were right.

For its part the European Union has repeatedly rejected Britains calls for a renegotiation of the agreement. It particularly opposes the removal of the Court of Justice of the European Union, based in Luxembourg and the blocs highest court, as the final arbiter of disputes.

Responding on Monday to excerpts from the speech that were released on Saturday for the British media, the spokesman for the E.U. Commission, Eric Mamer, described Londons demand to remove the court as unacceptable and ground that we have covered a million times.

Brussels often emphasizes that this British government signed the deal, which Mr. Frost himself negotiated, and which is now international law.

Another commission spokesman, Daniel Ferrie, said that oversight of European courts was essential to provide legal coherence and a functioning business environment throughout the single market.

Removing the court, Mr. Ferrie said, would effectively mean cutting Northern Ireland off from the E.U.s single market and related opportunities.

On Wednesday, the commission will make proposals to smooth implementation of the protocol. Those measures are expected to include easing of food and plant safety checks to soften restrictions on trade in chilled meat from Britain into Northern Ireland. It may also ease some customs checks and checks on the supply of medicines.

The commission will also propose some ideas on how to engage citizens, business owners and politicians from Northern Ireland in oversight of the deal.

But Mr. Frosts intervention suggests that such concessions will hardly be sufficient, setting the scene for several weeks of tense negotiation.

Ms. Hayward said that the risk for Northern Ireland was that Mr. Frosts approach would do little to reassure the unionist community about the security of their place in the United Kingdom, while raising unrealistic expectations about the prospects of a completely new agreement.

If you were to prioritize the peace process above all else when you are approaching the matter of the protocol and talks with the E.U., you wouldnt go about it the way the British government has gone about it, she added.

Stephen Castle reported from London and Steven Erlanger from Brussels.

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U.K. Escalates Dispute With E.U. Over Northern Ireland - The New York Times

Political hostilities have erupted once again between Britain and the European Union over the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Agreed as part of the Brexit deal done in early 2020, the protocol governs the passage of goods between the UK and EU economic areas, where a hard border, or extensive border infrastructure, between Northern Ireland and EU member state the Republic of Ireland would jeopardise the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which ended the decades-long armed conflict in the north.

Under the agreement, Northern Ireland remains within the EUs single market for goods which the rest of the UK has withdrawn from. EU product inspections and customs checks on goods travelling from the UK are conducted at ports in Northern Ireland immediately after crossing the Irish Sea and can then move freely through the entire island of Ireland. This prompted opposition from large sections of the Conservative party and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in Northern Ireland, who complained that a border was effectively set up in the Irish Sea.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson endorsed the 2019 agreement in that years general election as a means of getting Brexit done. But antagonisms have rumbled on ever since, with the agreement threatened by both sides in the early part of this year and the EU briefly invoking Article 16, which allows one party to unilaterally suspend elements of the deal.

Talks to defuse the situation ever since have only highlighted the national tensions driving apart Britain and the EU, at a time of rising tensions within the European Union itself.

The UK Brexit Minister, Lord Frost, has called for the protocol to be scrapped and the elimination of all customs checks between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, allowing goods to circulate freely if they conform to either UK or EU regulations. He also wants the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to be removed from the arbitration of future disputes over the agreement, demanding international arbitration instead of a system of EU law ultimately policed in the court of one of the parties, the European Court of Justice.

On Wednesday, the EUs chief Brexit negotiator Maro efovi offered a series of concessions to the UKs position, including measures to reduce checks on British retail goods by 80 percent, halve customs paperwork, waive the requirement for medical manufacturers to move out of Northern Ireland into Britain, and streamline the certification process for road freight. He declared that the EU had completely turned our rules upside down and inside out to find agreement. He insisted, Its very clear that we cannot have access to the single market without the supervision of the ECJ.

Talks on the EUs proposals will take place for a maximum of three weeks. Commentators have raised the adoption of a Swiss style treaty as a possible final compromise. Disputes between Switzerland and the EU are dealt with by an independent arbitration panel, although it must take into account the ECJs view on matters of EU law. But comments suggest that Britain will demand the moon, in the words of one EU diplomat speaking to the Financial Times (FT).

On Wednesday, the day efovi announced his proposals, Johnsons former senior adviser and current political enemy Dominic Cummings tweeted that the government had signed the Brexit deal planning to ditch bits we didnt like after whacking [then Labour leader Jeremy] Corbyn [in the 2019 general election]. He continued, Our priorities meant e.g getting Brexit done is 10000x more important than lawyers yapping re international law in negotiations with people who break [international] law all the time.

Cummingss account was then confirmed by leading DUP MP Ian Paisley. He told BBC Newsnight, Boris Johnson did tell me personally that he would, after agreeing to the protocol, he would sign up to changing that protocol and indeed tearing it up, that this was just for the semantics.

Frost has admitted, cryptically, that the UK only agreed to the ECJs oversight of the protocol because of the very specific circumstances of that negotiation.

Preparations are already being made in Europe for a trade war should Britain reject the EUs proposals and trigger Article 16. According to the FT, representatives from France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain met with efovi Monday to demand contingency plans including tariffs on British exports, restricting the UKs access to Europes energy supplies and ending the trade agreement between the two parties.

An EU diplomat told the FT, Frost knows hes playing with fire. But when you play with fire, you get burnt. The EU has a broad palette of options for hitting back at the UK.

Britains rationale for pushing a conflict with the EU is most openly expressed in the Daily Telegraph. Columnist Nick Timothy accuses the EU of playing with fire on the Northern Ireland Protocol. He writes, The issue is sovereignty. The Government cannot allow the continued jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice over the NI Protocol.

The UK government feels sovereignty is a stick it can successfully beat the EU with, in light of the ruling last week by Polands Constitutional Court that parts of EU law are incompatible with the Polish constitution, overturning the fundamental primacy of EU law within the union. Poland has been backed by Hungary, which has also been engaged in a long-running legal dispute with the EU over legislation linking European subsidies to respect for the rule of law.

The Brexiteer press in the UK has also made much of recent statements by Michel Barnier, the EUs former chief Brexit negotiator. Barnier is now running in the French Presidential race on a fiercely anti-migrant platform, calling for France to regain its legal sovereignty by casting off the threat of a ruling or a condemnation at the level of the European Court of Justice or the European Convention on Human Rights.

Johnson gloated at last weeks Tory Party conference, That is what happens if you spend a year trying to argue with Lord Frost.

These events are proof of the analysis made by the Socialist Equality Party of Brexit as the most advanced expression of an escalating breakdown of the EU, under the pressure of mounting centrifugal forces that are intensifying conflicts not only with the US but between the European states.

The Johnson government identifies itself with this development. It hopes to use Brexit to place itself in pole position among European nations pursuing increasingly independent policies, either within or having broken loose from a paralysed EU. Leading Tory Brexiteer Sir Ian Duncan Smith MP cited Lord Palmerston in the Telegraph Thursday: We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow.

Central to this policy is the UKs pitch to the United States as its most slavishly dependable ally. But this course is fraught with uncertainty. The Brexit policy in the British ruling class was spurred by the presidency of Donald Trump, who made his hostility to the major European powers, Germany and France, plain. Under President Joe Biden, the US has adopted a subtler approach.

Septembers AUKUS military alliance between the UK, US and Australia, involving the repudiation of a submarine deal between Canberra and Paris, boosted Johnsons standing in Washington. But Biden has consistently stated that his administration would respond severely over any move the UK makes jeopardising the Good Friday Agreement. He is also more determined than Trump to win the support of Europe in the escalating conflict with China.

The outcome of the dispute over the Northern Ireland Protocol is therefore bound up with calculations made in the increasingly frenzied war drive in the Asia-Pacific. Combined, these geopolitical tensions threaten an explosion of trade and military conflicts. They can find no resolution within the framework of imperialist politics. They can only be combatted through the development of a unified socialist movement of the European and international working class against nationalism, war and the pursuit of profit over human need.

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