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Originally Posted by jfman
The Guardian article says no such thing. So much spin here I’m surprised you aren’t too dizzy to type.
I’m surprised tiny little old Ireland can trick such a hegemonic technocratic force as the EU to be fair.
Where does the EU deal with newly created borders in any manner other than a manned land border, with customs checks?
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So it copes with newly created land borders with customs checks. What would be new or different? Still leaves TWO land-sea borders for the Irish to contend with, English Channel and Irish Sea.
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Some EU members needed wooing. “There was a feeling that people in Europe had forgotten about Northern Ireland … we needed to re-educate them,” said a source.
Varadkar cited an Irish Times article about a 1972 IRA attack on a customs post. Ministers racked up air miles courting support and invited counterparts to visit the border.
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