Irishmonk

When there is a storm and electricity lines are down, people fix them, no regard for a border. That ends on November 1st . That is a "hard border" 2/

If you get hurt in Derry or Donegal, an ambulance will come, a helicopter, from whoever is closest. That ends on November 1st. That is a "hard border" 3/

A Farmer in Fermanagh has his milk collected every morning for 20 years and turned into baby formula in ROI.. That ends on November 1st. That is a "hard border" 4/

Paddy is selling a pig in the mart today, across a border. That ends on November 1st. That is a "hard border" 5/

Mikel , an EU citizen , living in Ireland, crosses a border 12 times a day, delivering bread, he becomes "alien" on November 1st. That is a "hard border"6/

What was legal on 31st October is illegal on November 1st. That is a "hard border" 7/

Today the PSNI and the Gardai can share information in real time. That stops on November 1st. That is a "hard border" 8/

Today, you can live in one place and be French and work in other while the kids are at a childminder in one, the car in the other, the mortgage in either. That stops on November 1st. That is a "hard border" 9/

f you live on one side, shop in the other, pay vat without thinking, It ends on November 1st. That is a "hard border" 10/

If you die on one side and wish to be buried on the other, that ends on November 1st. No recognition of regulation . That is a "hard border" 11/

There are thousands of examples. This "border" is not about infrastructure.Not about a customs check. It is about people and their daily lives. 12/

if only the English could consider Kent having a border with Essex they might begin to understand that we are people and have lives that matter in the ways that they do. END.

ps.many thanks to the drooling, rabid brexitters attacking me. I really don't care lads.

forgot. Lighthouses are a 32 county thing. Insurance ends on November 1st- "hard border"

Forgot Waterways are shared via EU law on "contaminants". Who will tell the rivers ? "hard border"