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Originally Posted by Mick
NI is part of U.K., it leaves with us, not have some kind of special deal brokered by the EU or the Irish Government.
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You need an answer to the question of the Irish border. We can't say 'no deal is better than a bad deal' and leave it at that. Something needs to happen at the border.
A border between Northern Ireland and Ireland is unacceptable to half of N.Ireland, Ireland and causes trouble with the Good Friday Agreement.
A border between the island of Ireland and Great Britain is unacceptable to the other half of Northern Island, Brexiters and the DUP.
No border is pretty much unwelcome across all sides and poses questions about customs checks and border controls. Personally I favour this arrangement anyway but it would mean some concessions from Brexiters about how we manage that.
So what is the answer? There comes a point in every topic to do with Brexit where 'No' is no longer going to work.