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Originally Posted by nomadking
The issue isn't the backstop as such. It is that it's under one-sided control by the EU. They decide whether it ends. They will leave it in indefinitely, unless we give in yet more than by the massive amount we already have.
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Problem has always been the cart of leaving the EU being put before the horse of a united Ireland.
The International treaty that governs the GFA takes precedence over the more local UK withdrawal from the EU. So the deal negotiated has reflected the need to cover the GFA as a priority. Something the DUP have never really signed up to.
Clearest solution is to withdraw A50. Have an Irish unification referendum, then re-run the EU referendum on that basis.