Re:How to Brexit? – Explore the (im)possibilities of the dif...
by hanoz on Friday September 28, 2018 @11:58AM
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>> Republic of Ireland joining the United Kingdom
> Sure, but this is somewhere in probability behind "UK destroyed by asteroid impact".
Maybe, but Ireland also leaving the EU would be a good and not entirely unpopular solution.
Re:How to Brexit? – Explore the (im)possibilities of the dif...
by ben_w on Friday September 28, 2018 @12:13PM
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That would take a minimum of two years, so it still wouldn’t work at this point, even if it were not for the fact that recent opinion polls say 92% of RoI wants to stay in the EU: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euroscepticism_in_the_Republ...
Re:How to Brexit? – Explore the (im)possibilities of the dif...
by pjc50 on Friday September 28, 2018 @12:33PM
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There was a little appetite for this after the financial crisis, but after this fiasco there is none at all. Especially not to make it easy for the Brits.
Re:How to Brexit? – Explore the (im)possibilities of the dif...
by cuboidGoat on Friday September 28, 2018 @12:36PM
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>a good and not entirely unpopular solution
Where and for whom?
Sure, but this is somewhere in probability behind "UK destroyed by asteroid impact".
> Scotland making a bid to join the EU
There are persistent rumours that people on the UK side are trying to avoid having any kind of double-no-border situation that would work for NI be also applicable for Scotland. Because during the referendum all sorts of claims about the need for a hard border were made, often by the same people who claim there doesn't now need to be a hard border in Ireland.