Very cool, if true

A quiet word to someone in Canberra might be in order, just to let them know that Boris Johnson's government - and his predecessor's - repeatedly negotiated treaties and agreements which the Prime Minister *knew* to be lacking support in Parliament, and knew that they would unilaterally fail to honour.

... And Parliament can, at any time, repudiate a treaty. It's a terrible thing to do, and they *mostly* know why you shouldn't: but they can.

That's the reason why it's prudent, in international negotiations, to put in an explicit 'subject to ratification' clause: it's a reality-check on the negotiators' (and the PM's) tendency to promise and sign up to things they can't and won't deliver without domestic support; and it's prudent to insist that your counterparties' legislature to ratify such agreements because, as a matter of practical politics, they are far, far less likely to repudiate their own expressed will - if they ratify! - at a future date, than to repudiate a treaty that was steamrollered-in without consulting them.


... And someone in Canberra has to know that this amazing 'win' for Australian farmers is a rotten deal for British farmers, and a fragile political liability, which will poison relations between the two countries for a generation.