Shaggy I did not follow the twists and turns of the good Friday agreement when it was going on. But I would like to bet both the republican and loyalist sides did not get everything they wanted in the negotiations and I bet both sides had to swallow some very difficult aspects that they were not at all comfortable with. Yet the agreement was ultimately a success. We are in the moment at the silly period where everyone is throwing up their hands in horror but there are six weeks to go before parliment vote plenty of time for things to settle down. However if cabinet rejected it this afternoon or there were resignations then we have a problem. However if it goes through cabinet despite everyone saying parliment will reject it I don't think they will. But I could be wrong
In many ways Stan the Brexit negotiations are very similar to the GFA negotiations. A lot of rumours, tough negotiations, threatened walkouts and much drama. But they got there in the end up. But of course neither side got everything they wanted. Thankfully agreement was still reached and it has made a world of difference here ever since.
But where they differ is that with the GFA a deal was negotiated, agreed upon by all involved and then put to the people. Brexit has unfortunately been the other way round.
I think that getting Chequers past the cabinet will probably be the toughest hurdle. If that's successful hopefully it will just about sneak through parliament. No one has offered abetter alternative so it looks like Chequers or bust.
