BoJo refuses to give full diplomatic status to EU ambassador

[Paddy]

An admission that the EU is actually a nation state in-waiting? As long as the individual member states (such as they are still states) don't, there's no actual problem. We already have one ambassador in Brussels, we won't be needing a second one. If there are already 27 EU ambassadors in London, why do they want to waste money on a 28th?

An what about UN diplomats and NATO diplomats?

[vetran]

An what about UN diplomats and NATO diplomats?

Well as we are members of those organisations and we inherently respect their right to have Ambassadors then they are obviously fine.


<EU mode>
We were going to offer the Ambassador full status but we found some ham in his sandwiches, and as you know rules are rules.

Not to be coercive but maybe if the EU changed its long term plans so we didn't have to compete on an even playing field we could change our mind?
</EU mode>

Maybe we could ask the Mafia to appoint an ambassador?

Can we recognise the Catalan Ambassador?

[darmstadt]

Well he can infraction off home for a start then: Tim Barrow - Wikipedia

When the United Kingdom left the EU on 31 January 2020, Barrow became British Ambassador to the European Union.

[Eirikur]

Well as we are members of those organisations and we inherently respect their right to have Ambassadors then they are obviously fine.


<EU mode>
We were going to offer the Ambassador full status but we found some ham in his sandwiches, and as you know rules are rules.

Not to be coercive but maybe if the EU changed its long term plans so we didn't have to compete on an even playing field we could change our mind?
</EU mode>

Maybe we could ask the Mafia to appoint an ambassador?

Can we recognise the Catalan Ambassador?

Soon you will have to recognise a Scottish one

[Mordac]

An what about UN diplomats and NATO diplomats?

What about them? I don't think you're comparing 'like with like' here.

[vetran]

Soon you will have to recognise a Scottish one

yeah yeah, will save us a fortune.

[darmstadt]

If the UK Government refuses to acknowledge the EU Ambassador to the UK because the EU is not a sovereign state but DOES recognise that Ambassadors from EU Member states are sent from Sovereign Nations then why was it suggested that the UK had lost its sovereignty when we were EU members and we had to leave the EU to gain our Sovereignty back?

[Eirikur]

If the UK Government refuses to acknowledge the EU Ambassador to the UK because the EU is not a sovereign state but DOES recognise that Ambassadors from EU Member states are sent from Sovereign Nations then why was it suggested that the UK had lost its sovereignty when we were EU members and we had to leave the EU to gain our Sovereignty back?

Don't ask questions which will break brexidiots brains

[AtW]

One would have thought it would be more logical for Brexiteers to recognise EU ambassador but refuse to recognise all member states ambassadors on the basis that EUSSR is an Evil State where Members got no rights.

[Uncle Albert]

One would have thought it would be more logical for Brexiteers to recognise EU ambassador but refuse to recognise all member states ambassadors on the basis that EUSSR is an Evil State where Members got no rights.

Don't attempt to use logic with Brexit. It's as futile as trying to get Mat Hancock to answer a yes/no question.