Re:UK firms 'near point of no return'
by nailer on Sunday October 21, 2018 @11:07AM
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I don't think they are, but it's obviously the biggest. EU want a sea border keeping RoI/NI open, UK won't accept the break up of their union.
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In other words, UK wants to keep their union, EU wants to keep their union, nobody bothers to ask the Irish, as usual.
Re:UK firms 'near point of no return'
by SideburnsOfDoom on Sunday October 21, 2018 @06:03PM
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> EU wants to keep their union, nobody bothers to ask the Irish
I don't think so, no. The Republic of Ireland is the EU in this case. Or part of it, in agreement and solidarity with the other parts. There are plenty of statements from the ROI's political leaders to this effect.
Which is hilarious, as NI voted 'Remain'. However, I'm still not sure if it's time for a United Ireland. Still a lot of animosity between the sides.
I don't think there's any good solution: even the current one took over a decade to negotiate. Any territorial changes are unlikely to remain nonviolent - united Ireland, hard border, independent NI, it's all very explosive.