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Old 10-11-2021, 13:06   #2963
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Re: Britain outside the EU
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 View Post
Yes, the easiest solution is to have the UK and Ireland both in the European Single Market and Customs Zone or both out of it. Complications start when the two countries go in different directions as they are doing now.

It's understandable that some have an issue with ECJ having jurisdiction over some trade aspects in NI but that's a requirement of being part of the European Single Market and one which we signed up to. There is no perfect solution here and I suspect most people would forgo pure sovereignty to keep peace in Northern Ireland.

Frost and pals being triggered by three initials in a deal he negotiated won't change this. Perhaps there can be a way to develop a disputes mechanism so that the ECJ is there in the last resort, but it will take a better relationship with the EU than we have at present to make this a reality.
The really simple solution is the reunification of Ireland, which cannot be far off as the Catholic population increases ahead of the Protestant population. I’m not sure when the tipping point will come, but if my memory serves me correctly, it’s only a few years away.

In the 2011 census, the Protestants represented 48% of the population as against the Catholics at 45%. Although we can’t assume that all Catholics would vote for unification, most would, and so that time is likely to come fairly soon now.

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“Hard working families”
It may have escaped your attention, but most people earning above average salaries are hard working.

You prove nothing by pointing to what a relatively small minority might do.
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