O/T Democracy

[WanChaiMiller]

Ask yourself this question. If there are no borders between EU countries why do I have to go through passport checks to get in to Portugal? If that does not count as a border why can we not have passport checks between northern Ireland and mainland UK? That way it does not effect anything on the ROI side and keeps the existing none border checks between NI and the ROI.

There is no border customs border for goods within the EU zone.

People are allowed free unrestricted travel. Checks are to sift out non EU nationals from EU national.

If we have no checks in Ireland it means EU nationals can enter Britain unrestricted - exactly what brexiteers want to see an end of.

I think its a question you need to ask yourself.

[BigLadonOS]

There is no border customs border for goods within the EU zone.

People are allowed free unrestricted travel. Checks are to sift out non EU nationals from EU national.

If we have no checks in Ireland it means EU nationals can enter Britain unrestricted - exactly what brexiteers want to see an end of.

I think its a question you need to ask yourself.

I think you need to first understand what the **** you are talking about before writing such stupid things as you have done here. If passport checks at ports do not count against free movement then how could it be against free movement between the RIO and NI?

What you seem to not be getting here is that Goods and free movement through the Irish border are two totally different things. Checks on goods already happen and these would continue whatever happens even if we stayed in the EU because goods still need to be checked via the rules of the EU goods laws. How else could you guarantee that any goods have passed EU standards otherwise?

The way you are talking you think that a company in Portugal can can load a van of chicken and get all the way to the RIO without it being checked that it is indeed a van load of chicken that has passed EU standards! That is not how it works so stop being so ****ing stupid.