Just what are they playing at ?

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Spokespersons for the Irish government clear every pronouncement with their EU masters, they say no more and no less than their EU masters want them to say.

Odd though isn't it, one part of the EU comes up with a workable solution, other parts of the EU either ignore it or dismiss it. It's almost as though they prefer to have the problem, and aren't interested in solutions.

But of course that couldn't possibly be the case could it.

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I don't pretend that I know enough about the subject, but the "Smart" solution doesn't seem to have the support of the UK or Irish Governments.

It appears that the only workable solution (that will satisfy the DUP) is for there to be a customs union type thing - but this must be replicated with the rest of the EU...which Theresa May has ruled out.

If there was another option SOMEONE would have thought of it by now?