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Now the Chinese embassy trolls the government over Brexit – reactions

"When the Chinese Embassy is trolling you...UK government you have a problem."

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2022-07-03 07:46
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Relations have never been as bad with UK government ministers, Ireland’s deputy premier has said.

Tanaiste Leo Varadkar said he believes the UK is “not being even handed” when it comes to the Northern Ireland Protocol.

MPs voted earlier this week to give the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill a second reading. The legislation is designed to override parts of the post-Brexit deal to allay concerns over its impact on the UK.

It comes after the DUP said it will not nominate ministers to allow a new Stormont Executive to be formed until the UK takes actions on its concerns around the protocol.

However the move by the UK has been branded as illegal and a clear breach of international law.

Mr Varadkar said the UK’s bid to unilaterally change the protocol was a “strategic mistake”.

He told BBC Northern Ireland’s The View programme that the EU would “not be threatened” by the UK’s approach to the ongoing stand-off.

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“The British government had given commitments in the past that it would be even handed in its approach to Northern Ireland,” he said.

Chinese

So could the Brexit mess get anymore bizarre?

Indeed it could!

The Chinese Embassy in Ireland responded to a Tweet from Boris Johnson in which he said: “25 years ago we made a promise to the people of Hong Kong. We intend to keep it.”

In response, the Chinese Embassy in Ireland wrote: :2 years ago we made a promise to the Northern Ireland Protocol. We are determined to break it.”

"2 years ago we made a promise to the Northern Ireland Protocol.

We are determined to break it." pic.twitter.com/lw9GegBZ6r

— Chinese Embassy in Ireland (@ChinaEmbIreland) July 1, 2022

Reactions

Being trolled by the Chinese government is never a good look:

1.

The boomerang ( of a government prepared to break international agreements) just came back and hit UK

— Bruce McD (@brucemcd23) July 2, 2022

2.

Utterly predictable. Despotic regimes around the world will now cite the UK’s lawbreaking and mock its pretensions. https://t.co/Re0LLfqx75

— JOHN NICOLSON M.P. (@MrJohnNicolson) July 2, 2022

3.

Boris Johnson trolled over his law breaking of the Northern Ireland protocol by China .. just another day in UK politics #Carriegate #BloJo #Brexit https://t.co/OvBXnDRDSO

— BremainInSpain (@BremainInSpain) July 2, 2022

4.

Trolled by a foreign Government. That’s how low regard for the UK is now, thanks wholly to this Conservative Party government. https://t.co/VZsYH64dmX

— Len P (@lpannett) July 2, 2022

5.

The Brexit policies they pursue allow *China* to reasonably claim equivalence with the UK.
Next up: human rights. https://t.co/wWpxlNGUkh

— James Oh Brien (@mrjamesob) July 2, 2022

6.

This is what Brexiteers have achieved: fragmenting the democratic world, then destroying its credibility…

The geopolitical drama is as bad as the economic ! https://t.co/bopSbr0s8R

— Guy Verhofstadt (@guyverhofstadt) July 2, 2022

7.

When it gets to the point China can legitimately lecture us. https://t.co/DzL5ESfEGf

— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) July 2, 2022

8.

This UKG has shamefully opened itself up to be trolled by authoritarian China on upholding international agreements.

All this for a Protocol Bill that is unwanted, unnecessary and counterproductive. https://t.co/Vyufo5i6ML

— Stephen Farry MP (@StephenFarryMP) July 2, 2022

9.

When the Chinese Embassy in Dublin is trolling you…UKG you have a problem. https://t.co/1f0drv6C0A

— (((JJSALMO)) (@jjsalmo) July 2, 2022

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