Duke of Marmalade
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But Simon Varadkar who we expect to behave better are being even more irrational if they are prepared to plunge Ireland into a No Deal rather than even contemplate a tweak to the WA.
it doesn't mean they want to be treated separately from the rest of GB now that Brexit is going to happen.
There is nothing in the letter of the GFA preventing a trade border on the island
But if the land border is in breach of the spirit of the GFA then the sea border is at least equally so.
On NI voting against Brexit, I presume Little Worsted on the Weade (if it exists) voted 90% Remain, it doesn't mean they want to be treated separately from the rest of GB now that Brexit is going to happen.
There is nothing in the letter of the GFA preventing a trade border on the island (border not mentioned) and similarly there is nothing in the letter of the GFA preventing a sea border between NI and GB (arguably not a constitutional issue). But if the land border is in breach of the spirit of the GFA then the sea border is at least equally so.
Little Worsted on the Weade
NI has always had a population divided by identity and allegiance - often violently so.
Always ? Hardly, think of Henry Joy, and that other fellow, not the one who conquered Quebec, his cousin. I know I saw his name somewhere recently.
Henry Joy was dead over 120 years before NI came into existence.
NI has always had a population divided by identity and allegiance - often violently so.
Always ? Hardly, think of Henry Joy, and that other fellow, not the one who conquered Quebec, his cousin. I know I saw his name somewhere recently.
Try not to be a pedant it doesn't make you any friends. North was still North, and Ireland was Ireland.
That is an interesting call. It seems to me that a referendum in NI on whether or not they want a NI only backstop has potential to break the logjam. If NI says No to a NI only backstop surely Simon Varadkar would have to climb down and vice versa the DUP would be isolated if NI said Yes. And Westminster would surely go along with either result.Between the Shinners, SDLP, Greens, Alliance, moderate unionists and the farming community, my bet is on people of NI being prepared to accept the backstop over a no-deal crashout.
To reiterate, NI has always had a population divide by identity and allegiance - often violently so. Since its foundation until the present. Henry Joy is neither here nor there with regard to this. Sorry if pointing this out seeems pedantic. Friends now?
Your comment "NI has always had a population divide by identity and allegiance - often violently so" suggests an immutability about the divide which I do not think is borne out by history.
If you disagree you would be better served by explaining why rather than resorting to throw away comments such as "Henry Joy was dead over 120 years before NI came into existence."
It seems to me that a referendum in NI on whether or not they want a NI only backstop has potential to break the logjam.
Gosh, she wants everybody to face capital punishmentEither Priti - in favor of a return to capital punishment (regardless of innocence or guilt)
Gosh, she wants everybody to face capital punishment
Maybe they should have a UK referendum on the Backstop (the UK wide Backstop) and find out just how precious most people in Britain think their precious Union is.But such controversy is a wisp relative to the controversy that would emerge in Unionism if the British parliament were to legislate for a NI backstop referendum.
This is what I believe is going on and the most likely outcome...
1. Make the "Irish" backstop the problem (if you listen carefully, he's not saying it's the only problem, it is however the most sellable and solvable (see below)
2. Talk tough with the EU (& Ireland), threaten no deal (this is a bluff, but the English electorate will lap it up)
3. Dump the DUP. Capitalise of the above, call a GE and form a government capable of getting a deal through parliament.
4. "Solve" the backstop by turning it back into it's original NI only format
5. Deliver Brexit / Enjoy being the "hero"
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