Tag: border
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Thinking about hard borders post brexit
As we move closer and closer to the purported Brexit end game, although never quite getting there like the paradox of Zeno, the pressure mounts on Ireland to save the brexiteers blushes. Not just the UK media but elements within the Irish media have begun to mutter and muse on whether we should not perhaps,…
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The UK- EU border In Ireland – possible solutions
The UK doesn’t leave the Customs Union. By far the simplest. But the demented ideologues of Brexit see leaving the CU as the talismanic, totemic, ne plus ultra of Brexit. So that is a non starter A full hard militarised India-Pakistan, West Bank type border. Not going to happen. Ireland leaves the EU. Err no,…
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A 2017 Competition for Brexiteers
So, in the spirit of a new year and a new challenge, let me lay one before the Brexiteers.