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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees

There would have been a hard border on the island of Ireland and you know it. Regardless of who constructed said border the U.K. would be held responsible for its construction. Btw, the EU would say it's the UK's fault (as you hinted) and the UK would say it's the EU's fault. Simples. The US can go hang themselves.

So in your scenario we would have no trade deal with the EU and the US wouldn’t have a deal with us as any trade deal with the US is as you well know dependent on their being no hard border.

Pains me to say this but Boris is a better statesman than you at least he realises what would have happened should we have taken your route.

Regarding the hard border: No I don't know it. Eire would have been in a serious pickle and they might not have allowed a hard border.
You can see why I favoured this option.

On your trade deal point, I don't think it matters. If the EU wants to sell to our large market, they can work out how best to do it. A US trade deal matters not, imo, because we don't have one now.

Your last remark about Boris is beyond the pale! I at least would have known what I was doing and why I was doing it.