Please explain. EU citizens cannot be stopped from entering Ireland (free movement of people) & if no border, they can then go to Northern Ireland & from there to the rest of the UK. So how do we stop uncontrolled EU immigration through Ireland after Brexit? Asking for a friend.
You seem to think that it’s only a DUP problem and not a deeply-held view that effectively putting a border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the U.K. I order to avoid putting a border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic is totally unacceptable.
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Give us an alternative then? They are two separate countries but have decided they did not want a border in the Island of Ireland which has been respected. They now have to compromise and respect we need checks somewhere
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You don’t understand. There is no alternative and I do not have to come up with one because I believe the whole U.K. should stay in the Customs Union and the Single Market. Your move. Or is it checkmate?
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So why ask the question for 'your friend'? And it's not check mate at all. The country voted to leave the EU. If that means we need to perform passenger ID checks on ferries from Northern Ireland, then that's what we do.
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That’s an internal border between two parts of the U.K. and understandably unacceptable to the majority in Northern Ireland.
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And it’s unacceptable to the rest of the UK (the majority) that we don’t have a border. So what we do is compromise like we have already. No border on the Island of Ireland but in return has to be some sort elsewhere
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Yes, even the Norway model is a hard Border.
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And it might be a view that you deeply hold but don’t assume the rest of us do
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Of course I don’t. What I am saying is “you want Brexit, you come up with a solution.” My solution is Remain.
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