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Originally Posted by jfman

That’s not a solution, and undermines our ability to set meaningful tariffs if the people can simply move items from the EU into the UK via a non-existent land border.

It is a solution to the Irish question. Of course good will pass - tariff free; that's the whole point. The perfidious Irish government won't allow their economy to go to Ludwig and the hegemonic EU will be in a right state of panic.

Plus we can examine stuff that we suspect needs examining some miles inland.

This is all about not allowing the EU to bully us into the submission that May has managed to attain.



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Originally Posted by jfman

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Nobody can be tough with the EU as they hold all the cards. They always have and always will.

It hasn't been tried.

As soon as you split the pack, in this case Ireland, by playing tough on the Irish border question and not accepting the false argument that a border will bring back terrorism, you put the EU on the back foot.

Sure, they'll start doing stupid things - but instead we can laugh at them and just get on with our own business. It'll all settle down as things start to stir over there.