• There is a belief that Cox said something along the lines that the backstop is a bad idea and will tie the UK to the EU in perpetuity as the backstop will be forever ongoing.

  • Yes, I thought it would be about the backstop, but it remain to be seen how politically damaging that will be. In this atmosphere of constant scandals, I wonder if it's going to be no more than another distracting skirmish.

    Also, Geoffrey Cox won't have written that advice, but presumably signed it off to be submitted.

  • Geoffrey Cox won't have written that advice

    I wouldn't bet on that. Given his career at the Bar before and during his political career, he'd be reasonably well qualified to do so.

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