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RE: No deal Brexit is the best deal
(05-20-2019 11:13 AM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  The biggest sticking point with Brexit is the Irish border.

Not imposing a border makes a mockery of Brexit, because companies and immigrants can use Ireland to bypass any EU-UK border.

But imposing a border in any way (border checkpoints, economic border, immigration restrictions) risks reigniting The Troubles. 40% of Northern Ireland is Catholic and 20% of residents hold Republic of Ireland passports. Rural Ireland is still IRA territory on both sides of the border.

I don't see this as a solvable problem.
One or the other (return of The Troubles, or mockery-of-Brexit) will have to happen.

It’s a painful dilemma, yes. But if the ROI and the EU and the UK were *ALL* serious about it, the IRA could be decimated and crushed. If they are not serious about it, then I think that tells you which one of the two options it will turn out to be.
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No deal Brexit is the best deal - bullet - 05-16-2019, 01:44 PM
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