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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Well, that won't happen!
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It might be an unintended consequence of a 'hard Brexit', maybe not immediately, but a break up of the UK would be more likely.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...ervatives-warn
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Theresa May is being warned by cabinet colleagues that a shift towards a harder Brexit will hasten the break-up of the UK, amid a renewed attempt by Brexiters to secure a clean split from the European Union.
With senior Tories warning that the prime minister now risks a diplomatic calamity on the scale of the Suez crisis, following her disastrous Salzburg summit, she is facing a renewed campaign among ministers and influential backbenchers to ditch her current plans and back a looser free trade deal with the EU.
However, some cabinet ministers are concerned such a shift will effectively place a border between Northern Ireland and Britain and put it “in the departure lounge from the UK”. Cabinet sources are also warning that such a move would reignite the debate about Scotland’s place in the UK and further unravel the union. “Nobody voted Brexit to break up the UK,” one minister said. [Another said: “Those advocating [the free trade deal] approach need to face up to the consequences for the union.”
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