I think Coveney is actually worse, heard him on radio today still wittering on about a potential return to violence if there is a hard border. Talk about stoking the fire.
Irish Border post Brexit
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I think Coveney is actually worse, heard him on radio today still wittering on about a potential return to violence if there is a hard border. Talk about stoking the fire.
So the motivation was not to improve one’s own prospects, but rather to damage that of others.
mar
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- Ulster (Rep of Irl)
What did Varadkar do?
wanton dwarf
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Varadkar + EU has opted for a hardline approach to Brexit potentially forcing the UK to stay in the EU indefinately.
Opting for a trade deal would have stopped all this animosity on day 1.
Rather than opting for the EU's 2.5 year muddle over a "Future Relationship Deal" .. it should have been trade talks and none of this BS political hatred.
Exactly , sort the trade deal first and then the withdrawl act
wanton dwarf
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Brexiteers never asked him for anything.
Shame Varadkar didn't force his opinion on millions of people who are absolutely NOTHING to do with him.
mar
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- Location
- Ulster (Rep of Irl)
What's involved in the "Future Relationship Deal"? is it things like exchanging information on terrorism, research on medical issues
Was there an option at the beginning to concentrate on trade deals first and then discuss the future relationship deal?
wanton dwarf
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The EU are damaging their own prospects by their refusal to even consider making changes to the backstop.
mar
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- Location
- Ulster (Rep of Irl)
I found this on the relationship deal
https://assets.publishing.service.g...the_United_Kingdom_and_the_European_Union.pdf
How do you know if the relationship deal is wasting time?
Brexit wanted to put a hard border in Ireland , nobody in Ireland wants it and he is our spokesperson .
won't there have to be a hard border I the UK leaves without a deal ?
won't the EU insist on it ?
wanton dwarf
Member
Brexit doesn't care if a border is put there or not .. but if people don't want one, don't have one.
wanton dwarf
Member
There won't be a hard border , any man who would risk his life to man would be a dead man walking , a border would be target practice for the IRA.
mar
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- Location
- Ulster (Rep of Irl)
The UK keeps saying in this document and every day on the news that there is going to be no border, the only way the UK can do that is by staying in the EU, if the UK leaves it will be the UK that put the border there
https://assets.publishing.service.g...the_United_Kingdom_and_the_European_Union.pdf
https://assets.publishing.service.g...the_United_Kingdom_and_the_European_Union.pdf
wanton dwarf
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caveman
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- East Sussex.
Hindsight
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- Lincolnshire
This will sound harsh but hey I shall say it anyway. The reason for a hard border is to prevent chlorinated chicken reaching the folk of the EU 27. A very serious matter and I appreciate that this is worth the terrorism. Goodness knows how 350million USA citizens survive this chicken but hey such is life.
So to ensure no chicken I suppose hard border it is. OK then request the United Nations to install blue beret peace keeping troops along the border and further into Northern Ireland. If the Irish cannot help but commit atrocities against each other that seems to me as a person never ever been or even that interested in Irish politics to be the solution.
Cue outraged replies - the post is tongue in cheek as you all realise. But goodness from my place in Lincolnshire the whole thing seems somewhat bizarre.
Best wishes all.
So to ensure no chicken I suppose hard border it is. OK then request the United Nations to install blue beret peace keeping troops along the border and further into Northern Ireland. If the Irish cannot help but commit atrocities against each other that seems to me as a person never ever been or even that interested in Irish politics to be the solution.
Cue outraged replies - the post is tongue in cheek as you all realise. But goodness from my place in Lincolnshire the whole thing seems somewhat bizarre.
Best wishes all.