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Old 15-05-2018, 23:15   #2681
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Re: Brexit discussion
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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
Good article here on the Ireland problem from The Times: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/d...6-99299e0f1a1c
Yes. More on this issue is in today's Standard.
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Brexit Irish border issue ‘proving insoluble’ as May tells MPs she will not risk unity of UK
Theresa May reportedly slapped down leading Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg at a private briefing for Tory MPs at No 10 yesterday.
The Right-winger suggested that Ireland was bluffing about the need for hard border controls if Britain quits the European Union without a deal. He then predicted that unionists would win any referendum held in the province on the issue. Mrs May replied: “I would not be as confident as you. That’s not a risk I’m prepared to take.”...
He [Rees-Mogg] said an account of yesterday’s meeting in The Times was “over-written” and the question-and-answer session had been “of a uncontentious and courteous nature”.
A Tory MP who attended the briefings said Mrs May was “a firm supporter of the Union who clearly does not want to take chances with it”...
The “Brexit War Cabinet” was meeting at No 10 today to hear updates from the two working groups set up to try to find a solution to the border deal. A source said neither the “maximum facilitation” idea of using new technology nor the “new customs partnership” has yet been made to work, and that there is no alternative currently on the table.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/poli...-a3839391.html
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