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Old 17-09-2020, 10:59   #3967
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Re: Brexit-Transitional Period Ends 31/12/20

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Originally Posted by nomadking View Post
So when they;re going on about damaging the "peace process", who are they saying will kick off? Other than not being allowed to return, what concessions did the IRA make? They are still active, they are still armed, and they are still heavily supported.
If there ends up being a hard border, 1) so what 2) Why should the IRA kick off about it? 3) It is the destination country(ie the EU) that decides on the hard border.
That’s potential consequences of a hard border not the democrats “siding with the IRA” as you put it. However it gets union flag waving British nationalists frothing at the mouth to portray an eminently sensible idea as “us vs the IRA”.

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