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Originally Posted by nomadking
The central point is with the backstop in place, it is job done, as far as Ireland is concerned. No future deals need to be done. That is why any interim(check your dictionary) "deal" must not include it. It is designed solely to prevent the possibility of future deals.
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The backstop was an EU requirement, it came from this statement from Barnier.
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"It consequently seems essential for the UK to commit to ensuring that a hard border on the island of Ireland is avoided, including by ensuring no emergence of regulatory divergence from those rules of the internal market and the Customs Union which are (or may be in the future) necessary for meaningful North-South cooperation, the all-island economy and the protection of the Good Friday Agreement."
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To avoid a hard border there has to be “regulatory alignment” between North. And South. This is the fundamental issue that has to be overcome.
It isn’t politics or ideals, it is paperwork.