|
UK may sever security co-op with EU post-Brexit
[PRESSTV] Most of the attention surrounding Brexit has focused on issues connected to trade, the financial settlement, citizen’s rights, and the Irish backstop. But unnamed sources at Downing Street have recently highlighted the concerns about future security relationships following Brexit.A report published by a Downing Street staffer early this week contained a warning that the UK might halt security cooperation with the EU if Brexit was not achieved by Boris Johnson ...pro-Brexit British prime minister, succeeding no-Brexit Theresa May. BoJo is noted as much for his sparkling personality and his hair as for his Conservative policies.... ’s deadline of 31 October. Critics say that the UK is leveraging its security weight to influence the outcome of the trade discussions. Nevertheless, ignoring the security crisis after Brexit would serve as an act of self-sabotage. The former spy boss who headed MI6 between 2009 and 2014, Sir John Sawers, described Europe  ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...as "our defence in depth" and argued that friendly countries gained considerably from sharing intelligence on terrorism. Moreover, a decline in security cooperation between the UK and EU would provide a wider arena in which gunnies might otherwise operate. Terrorist attacks have taken place in a number of European countries in recent years, with the UK, La Belle France and Belgium particularly hard hit. Western nations have maintained security through the sharing of intelligence and information about threats and methods. It would bring about an extraordinary state of affairs if the UK and the EU stopped sharing information in the same way that Western nations refuse to share defense strategies with China or Russia, for example. Other security compromises following Brexit include Britannia’s loss of access to the EU’s Galileo navigation satellite system, which has been deemed critical for contemporary military operations. Posted by: Fred 2019-10-12 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=552535 |