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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
You are right to say that WTO membership requires a hard border, but Seph is right when he says that this could be on paper only. The EU was given options on how to regulate goods going in and out through the use of technology, but the EU was not playing ball.
Boris accepted a bad deal rather than a no deal because firstly it got Brexit done without too much more aggro, but he also decided that any problems arising could be dealt with after the event, when we would be in a position of strength.
This is only just starting to play out, but I can see him making the argument in the not too distant future that we will give the EU notice of termination, and he will explain that the existing deal was not working. Without the nonsense of having a hung parliament and with the advantage of having left the EU, plus the prospect of this unfolding chaos of EU malice under this bad deal, he will get more of the public on side.
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Sadly I don't believe that technology exists yet so the border would be more than a paper one. What is your source for
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Originally posted by OLD BOY
The EU was given options on how to regulate goods going in and out through the use of technology, but the EU was not playing ball.
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Originally Posted by Carth
Oh Christ I hope not . . .
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Somehow I don't believe you. You wouldn't want to be anywhere else on a cold September's day.
