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Originally Posted by nomadking
How does not having the backstop "shaft" the Irish? Any real negative impact comes from us leaving the EU full stop. The backstop doesn't remove borders, it just moves it.
For the US or Ireland, to insist on the UK remaining locked into the EU, at the behest of a bunch of terrorists who are still active, is quite obscene beyond belief.
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Because any “light” border leaves Ireland at risk of non-EU standard goods flooding tariff freely into their country. Threatening Irish jobs, Irish tax revenues, etc.