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Originally Posted by jfman
Theresa May's backstop was an equally interim measure. All they've done is moved the gun to point the other way. Holding the Single Market hostage. Indeed, by people who believe the Earth was formed 3000 years ago, and don't like Catholics. What does Europe have plenty of?
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"Unless and until" is NOT an interim measure. If it is an interim measure then it can safely be removed, can't it? The sole intention of the backstop is for it to be there in
one form or another, for ETERNITY.
From the publication, well known for being anti-Irish,
"The Guardian"
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The Irish goal was to get the border into a legally binding withdrawal agreement – Dublin’s point of maximum leverage – rather than future trade relations, when Dublin would struggle to be heard.
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Why should the interests of the other 26 EU countries be held hostage by Ireland?
Northern Europe has plenty of Protestants. They were the ones fighting alongside William of Orange, who also had the support of that well known anti-Catholic, Pope Alexander VIII.